AUDIOLOGY Exam | Verified Exam Questions and Answers | Latest
Updated Study Material 2026
Question:
Outer Ear
Answer:
Pinna/auricle, ear canal, ear drum
Question:
Middle Ear
Answer:
Enclosed air-filled space, 3 bones and eustachian
tube
Question:
Inner Ear
Answer:
Enclosed fluid-filled space, cochlea, auditory nerve
Question:
Air Conduction
Answer:
When sound travels through air; stimulates the
outer, middle and inner ear. Air conduction tests use headphones
Question:
Bone Conduction
Answer:
When sound travels through the skull.
Stimulates the inner ear directly.
Question:
Why should you screen hearing in adults?
Answer:
Identification and
,rehabilitation will minimize the effects of hearing loss and increase the quality of life.
Question:
How often should adults get their hearing screened?
Answer:
At least
every decade through age 50 and at 3-year intervals after that.
Question:
How to screen
Answer:
-Under headphones
Question:
-Standard audiometry
-1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz
-at 25 dB HL
Pass/refer criterion
Answer:
Pass if response to pure-tone air conduction
stimuli at 25/20 dB HL at 1000, 2000, and 4000 in both ears. (all must be obtained)
Question:
Refer if no response is observed at any frequency in either ear
How to screen children's hearing
Answer:
Headphones, standard
audiometry, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz at 20 dB HL
Question:
Preschool aged children (3-5) Hearing Screening
Answer:
Separate
guidelines created because conditioned play audiometry requires more training, instruction and
interpretation on the part of the examiner than standard audiometry done on older children
,Question:
How do you condition a child to play audiometry?
Answer:
Administer a
min of 2 conditioning trials at a presumed suprathreshold level to ensure child understands the
task
Question:
How many presentations of each test stimulus is required to assure reliability?
Answer:
2
Question:
When do you refer pre-school aged children?
Answer:
If they do not
response at least 2/3 times at any frequency in either ear or if they cannot be conditioned.
Question:
How to screen toddlers
Answer:
Either behavioral audiometry: Visual
reinforcement audiometry (VRA) -or conditioned play audiometry (CPA) - both are same
frequencies and dB
Question:
How to screen infants
Answer:
Can use electrophsyiological tests
(OAE/ABR)
Question:
ABR
Answer:
Auditory brainstem response where electrodes are placed
, on the forehead, behind the ears or on the nape of neck and sound is presented to ears via
headphone...Baby must be sleeping. Looking for awareness of the sound
Question:
OAE
Answer:
Otoacoustic emissions: a probe is placed in the ear to
present the sound and the otoacoustic emissions are recorded (baby usually shows awareness of
the sound here too)
Question:
Pass/fail criteria for infants and toddlers
Answer:
Pass if reliable
responses are present at the screening criterion for both ears. Refer if reliable response is absent
at the screening criterion for either ear.
Question:
When to follow up after a baby's first screening
Answer:
Confirmation of
hearing status should be obtained within 1 month but no later than 3 months after first.
Document followup results and personnel conducting followup
Question:
What is the average age of identification without newborn hearing screening?
Answer:
2.5 years
Question:
High Risk factors for hearing loss
Answer:
Family history, in utero
infection, craniofacial abnormalities, small birth weight, hyperbilirubinemia, ototoxic drugs,
meningitis, Low apgar scores, mechanical ventilationstigmata associated with a syndromes,
parent concern over developmental delay, head trauma, recurrent otitis media
Updated Study Material 2026
Question:
Outer Ear
Answer:
Pinna/auricle, ear canal, ear drum
Question:
Middle Ear
Answer:
Enclosed air-filled space, 3 bones and eustachian
tube
Question:
Inner Ear
Answer:
Enclosed fluid-filled space, cochlea, auditory nerve
Question:
Air Conduction
Answer:
When sound travels through air; stimulates the
outer, middle and inner ear. Air conduction tests use headphones
Question:
Bone Conduction
Answer:
When sound travels through the skull.
Stimulates the inner ear directly.
Question:
Why should you screen hearing in adults?
Answer:
Identification and
,rehabilitation will minimize the effects of hearing loss and increase the quality of life.
Question:
How often should adults get their hearing screened?
Answer:
At least
every decade through age 50 and at 3-year intervals after that.
Question:
How to screen
Answer:
-Under headphones
Question:
-Standard audiometry
-1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz
-at 25 dB HL
Pass/refer criterion
Answer:
Pass if response to pure-tone air conduction
stimuli at 25/20 dB HL at 1000, 2000, and 4000 in both ears. (all must be obtained)
Question:
Refer if no response is observed at any frequency in either ear
How to screen children's hearing
Answer:
Headphones, standard
audiometry, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz at 20 dB HL
Question:
Preschool aged children (3-5) Hearing Screening
Answer:
Separate
guidelines created because conditioned play audiometry requires more training, instruction and
interpretation on the part of the examiner than standard audiometry done on older children
,Question:
How do you condition a child to play audiometry?
Answer:
Administer a
min of 2 conditioning trials at a presumed suprathreshold level to ensure child understands the
task
Question:
How many presentations of each test stimulus is required to assure reliability?
Answer:
2
Question:
When do you refer pre-school aged children?
Answer:
If they do not
response at least 2/3 times at any frequency in either ear or if they cannot be conditioned.
Question:
How to screen toddlers
Answer:
Either behavioral audiometry: Visual
reinforcement audiometry (VRA) -or conditioned play audiometry (CPA) - both are same
frequencies and dB
Question:
How to screen infants
Answer:
Can use electrophsyiological tests
(OAE/ABR)
Question:
ABR
Answer:
Auditory brainstem response where electrodes are placed
, on the forehead, behind the ears or on the nape of neck and sound is presented to ears via
headphone...Baby must be sleeping. Looking for awareness of the sound
Question:
OAE
Answer:
Otoacoustic emissions: a probe is placed in the ear to
present the sound and the otoacoustic emissions are recorded (baby usually shows awareness of
the sound here too)
Question:
Pass/fail criteria for infants and toddlers
Answer:
Pass if reliable
responses are present at the screening criterion for both ears. Refer if reliable response is absent
at the screening criterion for either ear.
Question:
When to follow up after a baby's first screening
Answer:
Confirmation of
hearing status should be obtained within 1 month but no later than 3 months after first.
Document followup results and personnel conducting followup
Question:
What is the average age of identification without newborn hearing screening?
Answer:
2.5 years
Question:
High Risk factors for hearing loss
Answer:
Family history, in utero
infection, craniofacial abnormalities, small birth weight, hyperbilirubinemia, ototoxic drugs,
meningitis, Low apgar scores, mechanical ventilationstigmata associated with a syndromes,
parent concern over developmental delay, head trauma, recurrent otitis media
