SHS 401 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026 RATED A+

SHS 401 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026 RATED A+
SHS 401 Exam 1

1. Audiology means...-ANSWER- science of hearing

2. Origin of audiology-ANSWER- end of WW2, soldiers were returning with hearing loss. They
were cared for by

Otologists-required diagnostics and rehabilitation. Otology and Speech Pathology combined and
formed Audiology

3. Audiology Activities-ANSWER-

1.Prevention

2.Identification

3.Assessment-ANSWER- 1. Hearing conservation, noise measurement, community education

2. Screening systems (newborn, school-age, adults)

3. Assessment and interpretation of behavioral tests and physiological tests. Making appropriate
referrals

4. Audiology Activities

4.Aural Rehabilitation

5.Advocacy/consultation

6.Education/Research/Admin-ANSWER- 4. Hearing aids, cochlear implants, hearing assistance
technologies, au

Ditory training, speechreading, counseling, communication strategies

5. Advocate for individuals with hearing loss. Consultation (school, workplace)

5. Scope of practice in SLP-ANSWER- -auditory problems (hearing loss and deafness) impact
communication!!- screening for hearing loss- assessment and treatment of speech and language
problems -knowledgeable consumers

, 6. Conductive hearing loss-ANSWER- - sound presented via air conduction is attenuated -
hearing loss by AIR conduction (abnormal)- hearing by BONE conduction is NORMAL - damage
in the outer ear/ and or the middle ear

7. Sensorineural hearing loss-ANSWER- - sensory/neural or both- hearing loss by AIR conduction
and BONE conduction (both abnormal)- same amount of attenuation by air and bone
conduction

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nerve

8. Mixed hearing loss-ANSWER- - loss of hearing sensitivity by BONE conduction (abnormal)-
even GREATER loss of sensitivity by air conduction (abnormal)- problems present in the
conductive and sensorineural mechanisms- outer/middle ear AND inner/neural problems

9. Nonorganic hearing loss-ANSWER- - test results show some degree of loss (usually
sensorineural)- in reality, has normal hearing or insufficient auditory pathology to explain the
loss -psychogenic (underlying psychological problem)

10. Basic elements of audiology-ANSWER- - stimuli presented to the auditory system-
transducers used to present stimuli - responses made to stimuli- interpretation of data

11. Physical vs psychological-ANSWER- frequency, intensity and time

Pitch, loudness, and duration

12. Physical-ANSWER- frequency- number of cycles per second. Measured in Hertz

Intensity- strength of vibrations/amplitude of wave. Expressed in SPL-measured in db- time-
phase

13. Pure tones-ANSWER- -sinusoids- energy present at 1 frequency- use of pure tones allows to
determine configuration of loss- "shape of loss"

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14. Complex signals/speech-ANSWER- -signal for which we use our hearing most- most complex
acoustic stimulus we hear is SPEECH- in audiology, use sets of specific speech materials with