Aural Rehabilitation Final Exam Study
Guide QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED
2025/2026
The principle consequence imposed by a hearing loss is the effect on: - ANS ✔✔verbal
communication
The degree of hearing loss corresponding to a 91 to 110 dB loss is: - ANS ✔✔Profound
Distinguish between the audiometric and functional definitions of the term "deaf". - ANS
✔✔Audiometrically deaf implies a person has a severe or profound hearing loss as identified
through a hearing test. Functionally deaf suggests a person (with any degree of hearing loss)
isn't able to adequately use hearing to function in verbal communication. Just because a person
is audiometrically deaf, doesn't mean they will be functionally impaired.
The profound hearing loss a child obtains at three years of age could accurately be described by
the terms prelingual and congenital. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
Those with hearing loss tend to have comparable intelligence to normal hearing persons. - ANS
✔✔TRUE
Briefly describe the term "phonemic regression". - ANS ✔✔Phonemic regression is when an
elderly person acquires poor speech recognition along with a mild degree of hearing loss.
This world event was significant in the creation of the profession of audiology: - ANS ✔✔World
War II
,Medical treatment or surgery to restore all or part of the hearing is usually possible in the
following type(s) of loss: - ANS ✔✔Conductive
Redundancy is present when - ANS ✔✔words are lost to the listener without significant loss of
information.
Certain consonants ( /th/, /f/, /s/) are called high frequency consonants because: - ANS
✔✔Their concentration of energy is high in frequency.
The normal conversational speech level is around: - ANS ✔✔45 dB HL
The ability to fill in missing parts of sensory stimuli is: - ANS ✔✔Closure
In general the consonant sounds are louder than the vowel sounds. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
Most elderly persons with mid and high frequency, presbycusic hearing loss are more likely to
have difficulty hearing children's voices than adult voices. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Persons with a sloping audiogram configuration generally will experience more difficulty with
consonant perception than those with a rising audiogram configuration. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Briefly describe the Six Sound Test by Ling (aka: Ling Six Sound Test) - ANS ✔✔It is used to check
the function of hearing aids or CIs, not a diagnostic test. The phonemes (/m/, /a/, /u/, /i/, /s/,
and /ʃ/) are presented to the child at a normal speaking level. Children with usable residual
hearing up to 1000 Hz should be able to detect the vowels. Children with some residual hearing
up to 2000 Hz should detect /ʃ/. Children with residual hearing up to 4000 Hz should detect be
able to detect /s/.
Vowel perception contributes more than consonant perception toward the overall intelligibility
and perception of conversational speech. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
, Cued speech is a type of sign system designed to replace the manual alphabet. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
Speechreading your father probably would be easier than speechreading a guy you meet for the
first time at the grocery store. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Briefly distinguish between analytic and synthetic speechreading: - ANS ✔✔Analytic
speechreading centers around visually perceiving the details found in speech while synthetic
speechreading involves grasping the general thought of the speaker through intuitive thinking.
Analytic focuses on details and synthetic focuses on understanding the overall message.
Under IDEAL conditions what percentage of speech is visible? - ANS ✔✔33%
Decreased visual acuity doesn't reduce speechreading abilities. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
When communicating with a person with a hearing loss, you should avoid all but which of the
following to improve speechreading. - ANS ✔✔Laughing
What is the term for words that look alike when spoken, even though they sound different - ANS
✔✔Homophenes
Females generally preform better at speechreading than males. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Medical treatment or surgery to restore all or part of the hearing is usually possible in the
following type(s) of loss (choose the best answer): - ANS ✔✔Conductive and mixed
The degree of hearing loss corresponding to a 70 to 90 dB loss is: - ANS ✔✔Severe
Guide QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED
2025/2026
The principle consequence imposed by a hearing loss is the effect on: - ANS ✔✔verbal
communication
The degree of hearing loss corresponding to a 91 to 110 dB loss is: - ANS ✔✔Profound
Distinguish between the audiometric and functional definitions of the term "deaf". - ANS
✔✔Audiometrically deaf implies a person has a severe or profound hearing loss as identified
through a hearing test. Functionally deaf suggests a person (with any degree of hearing loss)
isn't able to adequately use hearing to function in verbal communication. Just because a person
is audiometrically deaf, doesn't mean they will be functionally impaired.
The profound hearing loss a child obtains at three years of age could accurately be described by
the terms prelingual and congenital. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
Those with hearing loss tend to have comparable intelligence to normal hearing persons. - ANS
✔✔TRUE
Briefly describe the term "phonemic regression". - ANS ✔✔Phonemic regression is when an
elderly person acquires poor speech recognition along with a mild degree of hearing loss.
This world event was significant in the creation of the profession of audiology: - ANS ✔✔World
War II
,Medical treatment or surgery to restore all or part of the hearing is usually possible in the
following type(s) of loss: - ANS ✔✔Conductive
Redundancy is present when - ANS ✔✔words are lost to the listener without significant loss of
information.
Certain consonants ( /th/, /f/, /s/) are called high frequency consonants because: - ANS
✔✔Their concentration of energy is high in frequency.
The normal conversational speech level is around: - ANS ✔✔45 dB HL
The ability to fill in missing parts of sensory stimuli is: - ANS ✔✔Closure
In general the consonant sounds are louder than the vowel sounds. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
Most elderly persons with mid and high frequency, presbycusic hearing loss are more likely to
have difficulty hearing children's voices than adult voices. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Persons with a sloping audiogram configuration generally will experience more difficulty with
consonant perception than those with a rising audiogram configuration. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Briefly describe the Six Sound Test by Ling (aka: Ling Six Sound Test) - ANS ✔✔It is used to check
the function of hearing aids or CIs, not a diagnostic test. The phonemes (/m/, /a/, /u/, /i/, /s/,
and /ʃ/) are presented to the child at a normal speaking level. Children with usable residual
hearing up to 1000 Hz should be able to detect the vowels. Children with some residual hearing
up to 2000 Hz should detect /ʃ/. Children with residual hearing up to 4000 Hz should detect be
able to detect /s/.
Vowel perception contributes more than consonant perception toward the overall intelligibility
and perception of conversational speech. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
, Cued speech is a type of sign system designed to replace the manual alphabet. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
Speechreading your father probably would be easier than speechreading a guy you meet for the
first time at the grocery store. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Briefly distinguish between analytic and synthetic speechreading: - ANS ✔✔Analytic
speechreading centers around visually perceiving the details found in speech while synthetic
speechreading involves grasping the general thought of the speaker through intuitive thinking.
Analytic focuses on details and synthetic focuses on understanding the overall message.
Under IDEAL conditions what percentage of speech is visible? - ANS ✔✔33%
Decreased visual acuity doesn't reduce speechreading abilities. - ANS ✔✔FALSE
When communicating with a person with a hearing loss, you should avoid all but which of the
following to improve speechreading. - ANS ✔✔Laughing
What is the term for words that look alike when spoken, even though they sound different - ANS
✔✔Homophenes
Females generally preform better at speechreading than males. - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Medical treatment or surgery to restore all or part of the hearing is usually possible in the
following type(s) of loss (choose the best answer): - ANS ✔✔Conductive and mixed
The degree of hearing loss corresponding to a 70 to 90 dB loss is: - ANS ✔✔Severe
