Aural Rehabilitation Final Exam
QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What is a patient-centered approach? - correct answer ✔✔An AR program that is modified to
satisfied individual needs. Ownership should be taken by patient. AR program should integrate a
number of interventions to maximize the benefits of the individual.
What are the SIX steps of an Aural Rehabilitation plan? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment of
Individual, Informational Counseling, Development of an Aural Rehabilitation Plan,
Implementation of an Aural Rehabilitation Plan, Assessment of the Outcomes, and Follow Up.
What is Informational Counseling? - correct answer ✔✔Discussion, priority, expectation, and
solution. Discusses hearing test and speech test results as well as confirming HL. Uses
nonprofessional jargon and affirms person's frustration. Is NOT emotion counseling.
What must we consider in regards to the patient in an AR program? - correct answer
✔✔Affordability of the needs from the facility or from the patient.
T or F: A person should wear a HA for the first time in a gradual process. - correct answer
✔✔TRUE.
Should mapping and fitting be before or after CI surgery? - correct answer ✔✔AFTER.
What are some examples of Interactive Communication? - correct answer ✔✔Face to face,
telephone, group.
, What are some examples of Non-Interactive Communication? - correct answer ✔✔Television,
radio, workplace, concerts, conferences.
What are SIX considerations for ALDs? - correct answer ✔✔Affordability, Reliability, Operability,
Portability, Compatibility, Cosmetics.
What is Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT)?**** - correct answer ✔✔Includes counseling and
sound therapy. ****
What does the ADA say? - correct answer ✔✔A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on
the basis of disability including employment opportunities, accessibility, and replay services.
What is included in a Tinnitus Assessment Battery? - correct answer ✔✔Psychoacoustical
Measures, Pitch and Loudness Matching, Perceptual Location, and Minimum Masking Levels.
What does Tinnitus Management include? - correct answer ✔✔Auditory signal masking,
Relaxation techniques, Biofeedback, Acupuncture, Counseling, and Herbal and pharmacological
treatments.
T or F: 1.4 million children in the US have HL. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE.
What is the most common birth defect? - correct answer ✔✔SNHL
What is the critical age for speech? - correct answer ✔✔Birth - 3 years.
What are two events that may trigger an audiological evaluation? - correct answer ✔✔The child
may have failed a screening test and the child does not respond CONSISTENTLY to sound the
same way as children who have normal hearing.
QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What is a patient-centered approach? - correct answer ✔✔An AR program that is modified to
satisfied individual needs. Ownership should be taken by patient. AR program should integrate a
number of interventions to maximize the benefits of the individual.
What are the SIX steps of an Aural Rehabilitation plan? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment of
Individual, Informational Counseling, Development of an Aural Rehabilitation Plan,
Implementation of an Aural Rehabilitation Plan, Assessment of the Outcomes, and Follow Up.
What is Informational Counseling? - correct answer ✔✔Discussion, priority, expectation, and
solution. Discusses hearing test and speech test results as well as confirming HL. Uses
nonprofessional jargon and affirms person's frustration. Is NOT emotion counseling.
What must we consider in regards to the patient in an AR program? - correct answer
✔✔Affordability of the needs from the facility or from the patient.
T or F: A person should wear a HA for the first time in a gradual process. - correct answer
✔✔TRUE.
Should mapping and fitting be before or after CI surgery? - correct answer ✔✔AFTER.
What are some examples of Interactive Communication? - correct answer ✔✔Face to face,
telephone, group.
, What are some examples of Non-Interactive Communication? - correct answer ✔✔Television,
radio, workplace, concerts, conferences.
What are SIX considerations for ALDs? - correct answer ✔✔Affordability, Reliability, Operability,
Portability, Compatibility, Cosmetics.
What is Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT)?**** - correct answer ✔✔Includes counseling and
sound therapy. ****
What does the ADA say? - correct answer ✔✔A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on
the basis of disability including employment opportunities, accessibility, and replay services.
What is included in a Tinnitus Assessment Battery? - correct answer ✔✔Psychoacoustical
Measures, Pitch and Loudness Matching, Perceptual Location, and Minimum Masking Levels.
What does Tinnitus Management include? - correct answer ✔✔Auditory signal masking,
Relaxation techniques, Biofeedback, Acupuncture, Counseling, and Herbal and pharmacological
treatments.
T or F: 1.4 million children in the US have HL. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE.
What is the most common birth defect? - correct answer ✔✔SNHL
What is the critical age for speech? - correct answer ✔✔Birth - 3 years.
What are two events that may trigger an audiological evaluation? - correct answer ✔✔The child
may have failed a screening test and the child does not respond CONSISTENTLY to sound the
same way as children who have normal hearing.
