ILE PREP FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTRY ANALYZED
ANSWERS (ACTUAL EXAM) ALREADY
GRADED A+ LATEST 2025 – 2026
During an audiometric evaluation when the bone conduction threshold is 15 dB
or more better than the air conduction threshold what should happen next?
a. Immediate medical referral for air-bone gaps
b. Appropriate masking should be applied and masked bone conduction
thresholds should be marked
c. Appropriate masking should be applied and masked air conduction thresholds
should be marked
d. Go back and mask all bone conduction thresholds - ANSWERS-b
,Your patient/client has a moderate/severe sloping hearing loss. He has been fit
with canal hearing aids. He is a first time user and after only 2 weeks of wearing
his hearing aids he comes in to your office complaining of his voice being too
loud and his head feels plugged up or in a barrel. What could you do to best
help him?
a. Counsel that it will take time to adjust to the sound of his voice
b. Decrease low frequencies
c. Decrease the vent size
d. Increase the high frequencies - ANSWERS-b
Your patient/client recently purchased a set of open-fit behind-the-ear hearing
aids for a mild to moderate high frequency hearing loss. He reports that the aids
are making a chirping sound every time he puts on his coat or hugs someone.
Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate adjustment to make?
a. Fit him with a vented custom earmold
b. Rerun feedback cancellation manager
c. Decrease the dome size
d. Decrease high frequency amplification - ANSWERS-c
Your patient/client has had hearing aids for about two months. You have made
several adjustments so that they can hear speech better. Now they have come
in with the issue that when they are in a restaurant they can hear the
,conversations at other tables much better than conversations at their own.
What should you do to help them hear the conversation at their table better?
a. Increase soft sounds so that there is more compression
b. Increase loud sounds so that there is less compression
c. Increase both loud and soft sounds so that the compression ratio remains
constant
d. None of the above - ANSWERS-b
When obtaining audiometric thresholds 1000 Hz is tested twice because
a. Test/retest reliability needs to be established
b. It is the most important speech frequency
c. It is the hardest tone to hear
d. Both A and B - ANSWERS-a
Which of the following is not an advantage for using acrylic earmolds?
a. extremely durable
b. easily modified in the office
c. better seal for profound hearing loss
d. more easily inserted - ANSWERS-c
, When taking an ear impression why might your patient cough?
a. It's a normal response to cough when nervous
b. It's a normal response to cough when Arnold's Reflex is elicited
c. It's a normal response to cough when the Stapedial Reflex is elicited
d. Stop, use universal precautions and wear a mask, as the client may be
contagious - ANSWERS-b
Which process refers to the process in which germs are killed 100%?
a. Cleaning
b. Disinfecting
c. Sterilization
d. None of the above - ANSWERS-c
Which tool should be utilized when verifying otoblock placement in the ear
canal?
a. otolight
b. otoscope
c. visual inspection
d. tip of syringe - ANSWERS-b
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTRY ANALYZED
ANSWERS (ACTUAL EXAM) ALREADY
GRADED A+ LATEST 2025 – 2026
During an audiometric evaluation when the bone conduction threshold is 15 dB
or more better than the air conduction threshold what should happen next?
a. Immediate medical referral for air-bone gaps
b. Appropriate masking should be applied and masked bone conduction
thresholds should be marked
c. Appropriate masking should be applied and masked air conduction thresholds
should be marked
d. Go back and mask all bone conduction thresholds - ANSWERS-b
,Your patient/client has a moderate/severe sloping hearing loss. He has been fit
with canal hearing aids. He is a first time user and after only 2 weeks of wearing
his hearing aids he comes in to your office complaining of his voice being too
loud and his head feels plugged up or in a barrel. What could you do to best
help him?
a. Counsel that it will take time to adjust to the sound of his voice
b. Decrease low frequencies
c. Decrease the vent size
d. Increase the high frequencies - ANSWERS-b
Your patient/client recently purchased a set of open-fit behind-the-ear hearing
aids for a mild to moderate high frequency hearing loss. He reports that the aids
are making a chirping sound every time he puts on his coat or hugs someone.
Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate adjustment to make?
a. Fit him with a vented custom earmold
b. Rerun feedback cancellation manager
c. Decrease the dome size
d. Decrease high frequency amplification - ANSWERS-c
Your patient/client has had hearing aids for about two months. You have made
several adjustments so that they can hear speech better. Now they have come
in with the issue that when they are in a restaurant they can hear the
,conversations at other tables much better than conversations at their own.
What should you do to help them hear the conversation at their table better?
a. Increase soft sounds so that there is more compression
b. Increase loud sounds so that there is less compression
c. Increase both loud and soft sounds so that the compression ratio remains
constant
d. None of the above - ANSWERS-b
When obtaining audiometric thresholds 1000 Hz is tested twice because
a. Test/retest reliability needs to be established
b. It is the most important speech frequency
c. It is the hardest tone to hear
d. Both A and B - ANSWERS-a
Which of the following is not an advantage for using acrylic earmolds?
a. extremely durable
b. easily modified in the office
c. better seal for profound hearing loss
d. more easily inserted - ANSWERS-c
, When taking an ear impression why might your patient cough?
a. It's a normal response to cough when nervous
b. It's a normal response to cough when Arnold's Reflex is elicited
c. It's a normal response to cough when the Stapedial Reflex is elicited
d. Stop, use universal precautions and wear a mask, as the client may be
contagious - ANSWERS-b
Which process refers to the process in which germs are killed 100%?
a. Cleaning
b. Disinfecting
c. Sterilization
d. None of the above - ANSWERS-c
Which tool should be utilized when verifying otoblock placement in the ear
canal?
a. otolight
b. otoscope
c. visual inspection
d. tip of syringe - ANSWERS-b
