Audiology Quiz 3 Practice Questions and Answers | Hearing Science
Review
The number of Americans with hearing loss is closest to:
a. 2 million
b. 30 million
c. 8 million
d. 12 million - ANS ✔✔30 million
The percentage of individuals with hearing loss increases as age increases - true or false? - ANS
✔✔True
Which one is not in the scope of practice of audiology?
a. Evaluation of balance
b. Evaluation of ringing in the ears
c. Evaluation of speech articulation
d. Cerumen Management - ANS ✔✔Evaluation of speech articulation
The letters 'CCC' after an audiologist's name mean:
a. Certificate of Clinical Competence
b. Certified Clinician
c. Clinical Certification for Consumers
d. Certificate of Audiology Competence - ANS ✔✔Certificate of Clinical Competence
,ASHA is the only professional organization for audiologists - true or false? - ANS ✔✔False
Choose the most accurate statement regarding the professions of audiology and speech-
language pathology:
a. salaries are vastly different
b. future job outlook is good or excellent for both professions
c. educational requirements are the same for both professions
d. the two professions have very little in common - ANS ✔✔Future job outlook is good or
excellent for both professions
ASHA's stated scope of practice for speech-language pathologist includes:
a. hearing screening procedures
b. therapeutic aspects of audiological rehabilitation
c. basic checks of hearing-aid performance
d. all of the above - ANS ✔✔All of the above
The main function of the outer ear is to:
a. dampen certain frequencies
b. collect sound
c. transform sound into mechanical energy
d. transform sound into electrical energy - ANS ✔✔Collect sound
, All of the fibers of the right cranial nerve VIII ipsilaterally to the right temporal lobe - true or
false? - ANS ✔✔False
A person who has moderate hearing loss is able to hear conversations without difficulty - true or
false? - ANS ✔✔False
Cerumen is produced in the:
a. inner 1/3 of the ear canal (near the eardrum)
b. outer 2/3 of the ear canal
c. outer 1/3 of the ear canal
d. Entire length of the ear canal - ANS ✔✔outer 1/3 of the ear canal
In layman's terms, the stapes, malleus, and incus are known respectively as the:
a. stirrup, anvil, and hammer
b. anvil, stirrup, and hammer
c. stirrup, hammer, and anvil
d. hammer, stirrup, and anvil - ANS ✔✔Stirrup, hammer, and anvil
All sound, whether low-frequency or high-frequency, must pass through the __________ end of
the cochlea. - ANS ✔✔- basal
- high frequency
Which patients are in the scope of practice of both speech-language pathologists and
audiologists?
Review
The number of Americans with hearing loss is closest to:
a. 2 million
b. 30 million
c. 8 million
d. 12 million - ANS ✔✔30 million
The percentage of individuals with hearing loss increases as age increases - true or false? - ANS
✔✔True
Which one is not in the scope of practice of audiology?
a. Evaluation of balance
b. Evaluation of ringing in the ears
c. Evaluation of speech articulation
d. Cerumen Management - ANS ✔✔Evaluation of speech articulation
The letters 'CCC' after an audiologist's name mean:
a. Certificate of Clinical Competence
b. Certified Clinician
c. Clinical Certification for Consumers
d. Certificate of Audiology Competence - ANS ✔✔Certificate of Clinical Competence
,ASHA is the only professional organization for audiologists - true or false? - ANS ✔✔False
Choose the most accurate statement regarding the professions of audiology and speech-
language pathology:
a. salaries are vastly different
b. future job outlook is good or excellent for both professions
c. educational requirements are the same for both professions
d. the two professions have very little in common - ANS ✔✔Future job outlook is good or
excellent for both professions
ASHA's stated scope of practice for speech-language pathologist includes:
a. hearing screening procedures
b. therapeutic aspects of audiological rehabilitation
c. basic checks of hearing-aid performance
d. all of the above - ANS ✔✔All of the above
The main function of the outer ear is to:
a. dampen certain frequencies
b. collect sound
c. transform sound into mechanical energy
d. transform sound into electrical energy - ANS ✔✔Collect sound
, All of the fibers of the right cranial nerve VIII ipsilaterally to the right temporal lobe - true or
false? - ANS ✔✔False
A person who has moderate hearing loss is able to hear conversations without difficulty - true or
false? - ANS ✔✔False
Cerumen is produced in the:
a. inner 1/3 of the ear canal (near the eardrum)
b. outer 2/3 of the ear canal
c. outer 1/3 of the ear canal
d. Entire length of the ear canal - ANS ✔✔outer 1/3 of the ear canal
In layman's terms, the stapes, malleus, and incus are known respectively as the:
a. stirrup, anvil, and hammer
b. anvil, stirrup, and hammer
c. stirrup, hammer, and anvil
d. hammer, stirrup, and anvil - ANS ✔✔Stirrup, hammer, and anvil
All sound, whether low-frequency or high-frequency, must pass through the __________ end of
the cochlea. - ANS ✔✔- basal
- high frequency
Which patients are in the scope of practice of both speech-language pathologists and
audiologists?
