aural rehabilitation - quizzes

module 1-5

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.   

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\-__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