ILE PREP FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2026-2027 NEW
VERSION
The purpose of word recognition testing is
A. to evaluate a patient's/client's ability to recognize mono-syllabic words from a
phonetically balanced list
B. to evaluate a patient's/client's ability to recognize mono-syllabic words at a soft
presentation level
C. to evaluate a patient's/client's most comfortable listening level using spondee words
D. to evaluate a patient's/client's ability to recognize mono-syllabic words from a
phonetically balanced list at UCL - answer>>>A
In bone conduction testing, ambient room noise will cause
a. High frequency thresholds to appear poorer
b. Mid frequency thresholds to appear poorer
c. Low frequency thresholds to appear poorer
d. All frequency thresholds to appear poorer - answer>>>c
What is responsible for an individual's sense of motion?
a. Semicircular canals
b. Basilar membrane
c. Apical end of the cochlea
d. Oval window - answer>>>a
Your patient/client reports that when they put their telephone up to their hearing aid
they get feedbac and can't hear well on the phone. What feature setting would help to
alleviate the feedback and help them to hear on a standard telephone?
, -
a. Feedback cancellation manager
b. Acoustic Phone
c. Telecoil
d. Telecoil/Mic - answer>>>c
When conducting which speech test should your patient/client be familiarized with the
words?
a. SRT
b. WRS
c. PB-Max
d. MCL - answer>>>a
What level is used to run a frequency response curve for an AGC hearing aid?
a. 55dBHL
b. 60dBHL
c. 55 dB SPL
d. 60 dB SPL - answer>>>d
Your patient/client is having some difficulty removing their ITE from their ear. What tip
might you provi them to help them to remove it so that discomfort does not result?
a. Slightly twist the hearing aid backward and then remove from ear
b. Slightly twist the hearing aid forward and then remove from ear
c. Slightly pull the bottom portion out before the top portion and then remove from the
ear
d. Slightly pull the top portion out before the bottom portion and then remove from ear -
answer>>>b
,Which test would evaluate the harmonic distortion of a hearing aid?
a. SPLITS
b. OSPL 90
c. THD
d. AGC - answer>>>c
Increasing the vent size of a custom hearing aid reduces the
a. occlusion effect
b. feedback
c. compression
d. receiver bore size - answer>>>a
A pure conductive hearing loss will show
a. All bone conduction thresholds within normal limits
b. All air conduction thresholds are better than bone conduction thresholds
c. Some bone conduction thresholds within normal limits
d. Both A and B - answer>>>a
Your patient/client's SRT is at 5 dB for the right ear and 10 dB for the left ear. The PTA for
the right ear i at 60 and also at 60 for the left ear. WRS presentation levels were 60 dB for
both the right and left ears with appropriate masking and they obtained 100%. What is a
possible reason for this discrepancy between SRT and PTA?
a. the SRT words are too easy
b. they are giving suprathreshold responses to pure tone stimuli
c. the WRS words are too easyd. they have a central hearing loss - answer>>>b
When establishing UCL/LDL for a patient/client it is important that they let you know
when the level is
, -
a. comfortable, but slightly loud
b. loud, but okay
c. loud
d. uncomfortably loud - answer>>>d
Your patient/client would like to know approximately how many days their 312 batteries
(130 mah) wil last. They are wearing their hearing aids about 16 hours a day. You based
their battery drain on the HA spec sheet ( .75 ma).
a. 12.3 days
b. 10.8 days
c. 7.2 days
d. 4.6 days - answer>>>b
Why do we look for a PTA/SRT discrepancy?
a. To make sure they are repeating words at threshold levels
b. To verify pure tone thresholds and check for malingering or possible misunderstanding
of instructions during pure tones
c. To determine appropriate level for WRS testing
d. None of the above - answer>>>b
What is the test box measure that evaluates the telecoil function?
a. THD
b. FOG
c. STS
d. EIN - answer>>>c
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2026-2027 NEW
VERSION
The purpose of word recognition testing is
A. to evaluate a patient's/client's ability to recognize mono-syllabic words from a
phonetically balanced list
B. to evaluate a patient's/client's ability to recognize mono-syllabic words at a soft
presentation level
C. to evaluate a patient's/client's most comfortable listening level using spondee words
D. to evaluate a patient's/client's ability to recognize mono-syllabic words from a
phonetically balanced list at UCL - answer>>>A
In bone conduction testing, ambient room noise will cause
a. High frequency thresholds to appear poorer
b. Mid frequency thresholds to appear poorer
c. Low frequency thresholds to appear poorer
d. All frequency thresholds to appear poorer - answer>>>c
What is responsible for an individual's sense of motion?
a. Semicircular canals
b. Basilar membrane
c. Apical end of the cochlea
d. Oval window - answer>>>a
Your patient/client reports that when they put their telephone up to their hearing aid
they get feedbac and can't hear well on the phone. What feature setting would help to
alleviate the feedback and help them to hear on a standard telephone?
, -
a. Feedback cancellation manager
b. Acoustic Phone
c. Telecoil
d. Telecoil/Mic - answer>>>c
When conducting which speech test should your patient/client be familiarized with the
words?
a. SRT
b. WRS
c. PB-Max
d. MCL - answer>>>a
What level is used to run a frequency response curve for an AGC hearing aid?
a. 55dBHL
b. 60dBHL
c. 55 dB SPL
d. 60 dB SPL - answer>>>d
Your patient/client is having some difficulty removing their ITE from their ear. What tip
might you provi them to help them to remove it so that discomfort does not result?
a. Slightly twist the hearing aid backward and then remove from ear
b. Slightly twist the hearing aid forward and then remove from ear
c. Slightly pull the bottom portion out before the top portion and then remove from the
ear
d. Slightly pull the top portion out before the bottom portion and then remove from ear -
answer>>>b
,Which test would evaluate the harmonic distortion of a hearing aid?
a. SPLITS
b. OSPL 90
c. THD
d. AGC - answer>>>c
Increasing the vent size of a custom hearing aid reduces the
a. occlusion effect
b. feedback
c. compression
d. receiver bore size - answer>>>a
A pure conductive hearing loss will show
a. All bone conduction thresholds within normal limits
b. All air conduction thresholds are better than bone conduction thresholds
c. Some bone conduction thresholds within normal limits
d. Both A and B - answer>>>a
Your patient/client's SRT is at 5 dB for the right ear and 10 dB for the left ear. The PTA for
the right ear i at 60 and also at 60 for the left ear. WRS presentation levels were 60 dB for
both the right and left ears with appropriate masking and they obtained 100%. What is a
possible reason for this discrepancy between SRT and PTA?
a. the SRT words are too easy
b. they are giving suprathreshold responses to pure tone stimuli
c. the WRS words are too easyd. they have a central hearing loss - answer>>>b
When establishing UCL/LDL for a patient/client it is important that they let you know
when the level is
, -
a. comfortable, but slightly loud
b. loud, but okay
c. loud
d. uncomfortably loud - answer>>>d
Your patient/client would like to know approximately how many days their 312 batteries
(130 mah) wil last. They are wearing their hearing aids about 16 hours a day. You based
their battery drain on the HA spec sheet ( .75 ma).
a. 12.3 days
b. 10.8 days
c. 7.2 days
d. 4.6 days - answer>>>b
Why do we look for a PTA/SRT discrepancy?
a. To make sure they are repeating words at threshold levels
b. To verify pure tone thresholds and check for malingering or possible misunderstanding
of instructions during pure tones
c. To determine appropriate level for WRS testing
d. None of the above - answer>>>b
What is the test box measure that evaluates the telecoil function?
a. THD
b. FOG
c. STS
d. EIN - answer>>>c
