Aural Rehab Exam 3 QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED ANSWERS 2025/2026
Auditory Verbal Therapy - correct answer ✔✔is the application and management of technology
strategies, techniques, and procedures to enable children who are hearing impaired to learn to
listen and understand spoken language in order to communicate through speech.
Auditory Skill Development in infants - correct answer ✔✔lowest to highest:
-Detection
-Discrimination
-Identification
-Comprehension
Ling 6 Sound Test - correct answer ✔✔ah, sh, mm, ee, ooo, sss
-diagnostic
-start with detection and then quickly move toward identification/imitation
#1 principle in Auditory Verbal Practice - correct answer ✔✔Guide and Coach Parents!
-become primary facilitators of their child's listening and spoken language development
-be in environments that are supportive to listening
-to integrate listening and spoken language into all aspects of the child's life
-use natural developmental patters of audition, speech, language, cognition, and
communication
-to self monitor
-to help their child use hearing as the primary sensory modality in developing spoken language
,Why has everything we know and understand about childhood deafness changed? - correct
answer ✔✔technology and brain neuroplasticity. We are in position to provide new and
expanded possibilities for infants who are born deaf or hard of hearing
True or False: Not every child with hearing loss can achieve the same skills. No child is the same.
- correct answer ✔✔True
Most of Auditory Verbal therapy is _____________. - correct answer ✔✔Developmental
Factors influencing auditory skill development - correct answer ✔✔-age of child
-duration of deafness
-age of implantation
-family support
-wear time
-mode of communication
-implant function
-thresholds with CI
-cognitive and language abilities
-social skills
-motivation
-learning style
-presence of a second language at home
Auditory skills must be taught in conjunction with _______, ______ and ______ goals. - correct
answer ✔✔speech, language and cognitive
For early listeners - correct answer ✔✔-point out sounds "did you hear that"
, -direct the child to listen
-use audition first
-use hand cues
-use auditory closure
-use the parent as the model
-pause/wait for response
-expect a response (look expectantly/lean in)
-be a radio commentator (use rich lang., familiar phrases)
For older listeners - correct answer ✔✔-Make it easier to listen (control listening environment,
acoustic highlighting, change open ended to close ended questions)
-create a listening sandwich
-expansions and extensions
-"what did you hear" better diagnostic to help them catch and retain what they are listening to
-keep them on their toes (use sabotage, use other models)
A child will be a _______, a _______, and a ___________ ________. - correct answer
✔✔listener, talker, conversation partner
An important goal in AV therapy is developing __________? - correct answer ✔✔conversational
competency
-through conversational competency families will develop strategies to improve social skills,
cognition and higher order language, reasoning and thinking skills.
Hearts for Hearing Mission - correct answer ✔✔Maximize the abilities of children and adults
who are deaf or hard of hearing to listen and talk.
Pidgin Sign English (PSE) - correct answer ✔✔-No rules
WITH DETAILED ANSWERS 2025/2026
Auditory Verbal Therapy - correct answer ✔✔is the application and management of technology
strategies, techniques, and procedures to enable children who are hearing impaired to learn to
listen and understand spoken language in order to communicate through speech.
Auditory Skill Development in infants - correct answer ✔✔lowest to highest:
-Detection
-Discrimination
-Identification
-Comprehension
Ling 6 Sound Test - correct answer ✔✔ah, sh, mm, ee, ooo, sss
-diagnostic
-start with detection and then quickly move toward identification/imitation
#1 principle in Auditory Verbal Practice - correct answer ✔✔Guide and Coach Parents!
-become primary facilitators of their child's listening and spoken language development
-be in environments that are supportive to listening
-to integrate listening and spoken language into all aspects of the child's life
-use natural developmental patters of audition, speech, language, cognition, and
communication
-to self monitor
-to help their child use hearing as the primary sensory modality in developing spoken language
,Why has everything we know and understand about childhood deafness changed? - correct
answer ✔✔technology and brain neuroplasticity. We are in position to provide new and
expanded possibilities for infants who are born deaf or hard of hearing
True or False: Not every child with hearing loss can achieve the same skills. No child is the same.
- correct answer ✔✔True
Most of Auditory Verbal therapy is _____________. - correct answer ✔✔Developmental
Factors influencing auditory skill development - correct answer ✔✔-age of child
-duration of deafness
-age of implantation
-family support
-wear time
-mode of communication
-implant function
-thresholds with CI
-cognitive and language abilities
-social skills
-motivation
-learning style
-presence of a second language at home
Auditory skills must be taught in conjunction with _______, ______ and ______ goals. - correct
answer ✔✔speech, language and cognitive
For early listeners - correct answer ✔✔-point out sounds "did you hear that"
, -direct the child to listen
-use audition first
-use hand cues
-use auditory closure
-use the parent as the model
-pause/wait for response
-expect a response (look expectantly/lean in)
-be a radio commentator (use rich lang., familiar phrases)
For older listeners - correct answer ✔✔-Make it easier to listen (control listening environment,
acoustic highlighting, change open ended to close ended questions)
-create a listening sandwich
-expansions and extensions
-"what did you hear" better diagnostic to help them catch and retain what they are listening to
-keep them on their toes (use sabotage, use other models)
A child will be a _______, a _______, and a ___________ ________. - correct answer
✔✔listener, talker, conversation partner
An important goal in AV therapy is developing __________? - correct answer ✔✔conversational
competency
-through conversational competency families will develop strategies to improve social skills,
cognition and higher order language, reasoning and thinking skills.
Hearts for Hearing Mission - correct answer ✔✔Maximize the abilities of children and adults
who are deaf or hard of hearing to listen and talk.
Pidgin Sign English (PSE) - correct answer ✔✔-No rules
