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Which is NOT a parameter of hearing loss?
treatment
A peri-lingual hearing loss is one that happens when the baby is still in utero.
false
Individuals who have hearing loss are underserved, in part because of:
-lack of (rehabilitative) audiologists
-reimbursement issues (for audiologists)
-geographical location
The impact of a hearing loss on a patient will be affected by environmental and personal factors.
true
According to evidence-based practice, these three issues should be considered for making clinical decisions in patient care:
-clinical expertise
-patient values
-best research evidence
anatomical parts and physiological functions of the body
body structure and function
includes issues such as the patient's age, lifestyle, attitudes, habits, preferences, socioeconomic background, and other health conditions
personal factors
the performance of a task or action by a person
activity
involvement in a life situation
participation
Lifestyle can have an effect on participation restriction.
true
An audiological assessment should always include an audiogram.
true
Which speech test was modified for English-speaking clinicians to give to their Spanish-speaking patients?
Spanish Picture-Identification Test
What is an advantage of using nonsense syllables for test stimuli?
-feature analysis can be performed
-the patient's performance is unaffected by their vocabulary level
Explicit categorization is an informational counseling technique.
true
Thought processes are modified
Cognitive approach
Based on the beliefs of Skinner
Behavioral approach
Desensitization process is used
Behavioral approach
Centers on feelings and emotional adjustment
Affective approach
Patient receives unconditional positive regard from the clinician
Affective approach
List and explain two factors that contribute to healthcare disparities in the United States.
-Ability to pay - this contributes to healthcare disparities in the U.S. because not everyone can afford to buy hearing aids or hearing technology that can help them be able to hear. Also, some people can not afford to go to a hearing clinic if they do not have insurance or can not afford it as a whole.
-Location of services- this contributes to healthcare disparities in the U.S. because, in some states and countries, there are no services near them. This leads to people traveling to go get help or people will not go at all, since it is not near them.
What are the three tenets of Roger’s affective approach to counseling?
-Unconditional positive regard for the patient
-Congruence with self
-Empathetic understanding
Cultural blindness is an acceptable level of cultural competency to reach as a health care provider.
false
Which part of the aural rehabilitation plan is the LEAST LIKELY to require cultural considerations?
Hearing aids and assistive devices
The ________________ is the component of a cochlear implant where the input signal is modified for presentation to the electrodes in the electrode array.
speech processor
Which style of hearing aid has less feedback and less repair needs?
behind-the-ear (BTE
The "gain" of a hearing aid is the maximum intensity level that a hearing aid can produce, sometimes called saturation level.
false
Which component of a hearing aid converts acoustic energy into an electrical signal?
microphone
An earmold is a coupler customized to fit into the auricle that channels sound from the earhook of the heairng aid into the auditory canal.
true
What does a telecoil feature of a hearing aid do?
\n receives information via an electromagnetic signal from a telecoil or induction loop
Which assistive listening device uses a light wave to transmit sound from the microhone to the receiver?
infrared
Which type of microphone is sensitive to sound coming from all directions?
omnidirectional
Which component of a hearing aid converts electrical energy back into an acoustic signal?
receiver
The FDA has approved cochlear implantation for children as young as
12 months of age
What is the primary goal of auditory training?
to improve speech perception using the auditory signal and interpret auditory experiences
The ability to process fast running speech with very small gaps betweens speech sounds depends on
temporal resolution
Which of the following phrases describes analytic auditory training?
Emphasizes the recognition of individual speech sounds or syllables
A person with a hearing loss expends more perceptual effort when listening to speech than a person with normal hearing.
true
An example of a meaning-based training activity is the following:
Answer questions after listening to a 2-3 sentence paragraph
Audibility and Intelligibility are terms that mean the same thing.
false
When lipreading single words, on average, indivuduals recognize fewer than ____% of the words they see.
20
Which statement below is ACCURATE in describing the difference between lipreading and speechreading?
Lipreading uses only the visual speech signal while speechreading uses the visual speech signal and the auditory speech signal
speechreading: 0 degree angle
easier
speechreading: Residual hearing
easier
speechreading: Focusing only on the lips
more difficult
speechreading: Being a male
not predictive
A individual with hearing loss is more likely to recognize a word in a dense lexical neighborhood versus a sparse lexical neighborhood.
false
Which words are homophenes?
grade, yes
If you pay attention and have a good viewing angle, you can usually lipread someone with about a 75% accuracy, even if you cannot hear the auditory speech signal.
false
Individuals with hearing impairment will depend more on the __________ signal for speech recognition than individuals who have normal hearing.
visual
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