ILE PREP FINAL FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
ANSWERS VERIFIED
◉ While speech discrimination in a moderate conductive hearing
loss is generally excellent, discriminatio a moderate sensorineural
loss can best be described as
a. Excellent
b. Good
c. Fair to good
d. Poor Answer: c
◉ Your patient/client has been referred to you by his ENT physician
to obtain amplification. He recently experienced a sudden
sensorineural hearing loss in his right ear and has 8% WRS in that
ear. His left ear has a mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss
from 1-8K Hz, with normal hearing in the low frequencies and has
84% WRS. What type of hearing aid would you recommend for him
based on his hearing loss?
a. A high power BTE for the right ear with a full shell earmold; no
hearing aid for the left ear
b. A high power BTE for the right ear with a full shell earmold; an
open fit BTE for the left ear
c. A CROS open fit hearing
,d. A BiCROS open fit hearing aid Answer: d
◉ TYMPANOGRAM Answer: SEE BOOK
◉ Inter-octaves should be tested when there is a
A. 5-10 dB HL difference between adjoining octaves
B. 15-20 dB HL difference between adjoining octaves
C. 20-25 dB HL difference between adjoining octaves
D. 25-30 dB HL difference between adjoining octaves Answer: B
◉ 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
ANSWERS VERIFIED
◉ While speech discrimination in a moderate conductive hearing
loss is generally excellent, discriminatio a moderate sensorineural
loss can best be described as
a. Excellent
b. Good
c. Fair to good
d. Poor Answer: c
◉ Your patient/client has been referred to you by his ENT physician
to obtain amplification. He recently experienced a sudden
sensorineural hearing loss in his right ear and has 8% WRS in that
ear. His left ear has a mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss
from 1-8K Hz, with normal hearing in the low frequencies and has
84% WRS. What type of hearing aid would you recommend for him
based on his hearing loss?
a. A high power BTE for the right ear with a full shell earmold; no
hearing aid for the left ear
b. A high power BTE for the right ear with a full shell earmold; an
open fit BTE for the left ear
c. A CROS open fit hearing
,d. A BiCROS open fit hearing aid Answer: d
◉ TYMPANOGRAM Answer: SEE BOOK
◉ Inter-octaves should be tested when there is a
A. 5-10 dB HL difference between adjoining octaves
B. 15-20 dB HL difference between adjoining octaves
C. 20-25 dB HL difference between adjoining octaves
D. 25-30 dB HL difference between adjoining octaves Answer: B
◉ 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
