CSD 303 sample questions

true or false?: The speech recognition threshold is the level at which a listener can correctly repeat 50% of spondee words that are presented

true

true or false?: You would expect a collapsed ear canal or other problem in the outer ear to result in a MIXED hearing loss

false, it would result in a conductive hearing loss only

true or false?: even the faintest conversational speech sounds are typically audible to an adult who has hearing thresholds of 35 dB HL or better

false, this would be true if all thresholds were 25 dB HL or better

true or false? someone who has a PTA of 50 dB HL could be said to have a severe hearing loss in the speech range

false, they have a moderate hearing loss in this range

true or false? someone who has a hearing configuration like the one shown in figure A below is very likely to have sensorineural hearing loss that is due to noise exposure

true

true or false?: in a standard air conduction test, you would test someone’s right ear with the red headphone, and you would plot their thresholds on the audiogram with round symbols

true

which of the following is an example of a transducer?

D) all of the above

which of the following hearing disorders is likely to result in a rising hearing configuration?

B) meniere’s disease

the symbol “]” that appears in Figure B is being used to report _____

B) masked bone conduction thresholds for the left ear

you would expect someone who has a purely conductive hearing loss to also have ____

C) very good to excellent word recognition scores

adults are screened at ___ and children are screened at ___

C) 20 dB HL, 25 dB HL