Aural Rehab Final Exam (Exam/Quiz Questions 1-3)

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Which of the following descriptions apply to a traditional BTE hearing aid device, not a RIC?

Sits on the ear, however the receiver is housed in the ear canal

Which of the following descriptions apply to an ITE hearing aid device?

All components are in open piece, with the shape contoured to an individual's ear

Which of the following descriptions apply to an RIC hearing aid device?

Sits on the ear, however the receiver is housed in the ear canal

Which of the following descriptions apply to an CIC hearing aid device?

Fits in the ear, but completely in the canal; requires a filament (string) to remove from the ear; requires a separate earmold; smallest hearing aid on the market; fits fully and deeply within the ear canal

Which of the following descriptions apply to an IIC hearing aid device?

Smallest hearing aid on the market; fits fully and deeply within the ear canal; fits in the ear, but completely in the canal; requires a separate earmold; requires a filament (string) to remove from the ear

Tinnitus

Any sound that is heard in the ear with no external source

Hyperacusis

Sensitivity to everyday sounds

Misophonia

Sensitivity to specific sounds

Microphone

Converts acoustic energy into electric energy

Receiver

Converts electrical energy back to acoustic energy

Amplifier

Boosts the electric signal

Power Source

Battery

The impact of a hearing loss on an individual's ability to function day to day will vary from person to person and situation to situation

True

Factors to be considered in order to determine the appropriate interventions needed to improve a person's function and quality of life include:

Vocational and academic needs; communication and social interaction; independent functional capacity

Motivation to wear/accept amplification is directly related to user success

True

Manual dexterity should be a consideration for selecting a hearing aid style

True

When a hearing aid is dead, what should be checked first?

Battery

An electromagnetic coil designed to pick up and connect wirelessly to an external magnetic signal:

Telecoil

Hearing aid technology used to help bring high-frequency phonemes into n audible range, particularly for those with precipitously sloping hearing losses:

Frequency lowering technology

When a hearing aid is emitting feedback, a likely cause is:

The earmold is not sealed correctly in the canal or the tubing is cracked or broken

Someone initially diagnosed with a conductive hearing loss should be referred immediately for hearing aids

False

Binaural amplification helps all accept:

Hearing aid comfort

Bilingualism in the context of deaf education means:

ASL as the language of visual communication and English is written communication

Many assistive listening devices can overcome the primary disadvantage of conventional hearing aids by improving the:

Signal-to-noise ratio

The use of hearing technology can help a patient with tinnitus to manage their symptoms

True

Most hearing amplification devices are equipped with Bluetooth compatibility

True

Which of the following is not an example of hearing assistive technology?

Real-time captioning; CapTel telephone; TTY/TDD; Video relay service

Which of the following devices is impacted the most by sunlight?

Sound field infrared

Earphones, induction loop, and earbuds are ways in which an FM/DM receiver device can couple directly to the patient's ear

True

A communication philosophy that incorporates all modalities (sign, fingerspelling, lipreading, verbal cues) to communicate:

Total communication

Which of the following would be the device of choice for a patient who is unwilling to tolerate earphones?

Desktop speaker

Traditional cochlear implants (not hybrids) are generally recommended for individuals with:

Severe to profound hearing loss

The application and management of technology strategies, techniques, and procedures to enable children who are hearing impaired to learn to hearing through speech is:

Auditory verbal therapy

A student with symptoms of misophonia should be placed in quiet setting, completely free of noise for the entire school day

False

All FM/DM amplification devices are assistive listening devices but not all assistive listening devices are FM/DM amplification devices

True

Which of the following allows the hearing aid to pick up electromagnetic signals directly, bypassing the hearing aid microphone?

Telecoil (t-coil)

A bone-conducted hearing aid and a BAHA are the same thing

False

American Sign Language is a complete language with grammatical structures in visual form

True

Bimodal amplification means:

When a person wears a cochlear implant and a hearing aid

The following is a(n):

FM system

A hybrid cochlear implant includes features of both a cochlear implant and a:

Hearing aid

Who can benefit from Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT) devices:

Patients who do not receive sufficient benefit from their conventional hearing aids;

patients who have amplification needs that are so specific that the general use of a hearing aid is not induced;

patients who have hearing disorders due to changes in CNS function

Regardless of method, all communication approaches support:

Both early identification and appropriate hearing technology

Cochlear implant candidates should receive good benefits from traditional amplification (hearing aids) prior to implantation

False

Choosing an oral approach to aural rehabilitation guarantees that a child with deafness will be successful

False

Bone-anchored hearing systems have three primary components: an implant, an abutment and a(n):

External sound processor

An auditory-oral method of communication emphasizes use of the child's existing residual hearing to develop oral communication

True

Cochlear implants generally use what size battery?

675

Tinnitus retraining therapy is used to entirely rid a person of tinnitus symptoms

False

The main goal of auditory-verbal therapy (AVT) is for a hearing-impaired child to:

Learn to listen and understand spoken language

Native ASL users typically speak in English while signing

False

Which of the following allows sound from some source to be input into the hearing aid directly via an audio boot that connects to a BTE hearing aid?

Direct Audio Input (DAI)

One example of a Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT) device is:

A vibrating alarm clock

Sets forth the special education and related services that the district provides to a parentally placed private school child with disabilities:

Service plan

National public health initiative that intends to maximize linguistic competence and literacy development for children who are deaf and hard of hearing by early identification of hearing loss through universal newborn hearing screening, timely audiologic and medical evaluations and monitoring early intervention, and ongoing connections to family support services:

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI)

The ability to follow the rules of print by understanding the phoneme-grapheme association relationship

Decoding

The ability to pinpoint what has been labeled or named:

Identification

The portion of IDEA, which among other things, protects the confidentiality of all students' educational records:

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

The idea that language extends across four modalities to include speaking, listening, reading, and writing

Multimodal language framework

A large document that allows a child ages 3-21 to receive special education services as mandated by the processes of the U.S. Department of Education

Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

The ability to read, write, and speak in English, and compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to work and in function at maximum potential in society:

Literacy

Josephine is a second grader who stutters and is receiving special services in school. Josephine would be eligible for special education services under what disability category according to IDEA:

Speech or language impairment

Social health insurance program that covers individuals 65 years of age and older:

Medicare

Which of the following skills typically precedes the other?

Oral language

The ability to perceive the presence or absence of sound:

Detection

Health and medical services program available to qualified individuals with low incomes and limited resources:

Medicaid

Established policies, procedures, and guidelines for maintaining the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

The highest level of auditory processing understanding auditory input:

Comprehension

Part of the IDEA that states to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are nondisabled:

Least restrictive environment

The goal of universal hearing screening is for all infants born in the United States to have received an initial hearing screening by 1 month of age:

1

Universal newborn hearing screening programs ensure that all infants have equal access to early hearing loss identification

True

The goal of universal hearing screening is for all infants to be diagnosed with a hearing loss by ___ months of age and receive remediation by ____ months of age

3; 6

A legal documentation by early intervention services the outlines the specialized services provided to. child from birth to the 3rd birthday

Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP)

The type of classroom modification is use of HAT in the form of assistive listening devices to overcome the poor acoustical characteristics in a room

True

Which of the following related services would support a student in learning fundamental life skills in order to become as independent as possible?

Rehabilitation counseling

A characteristic of sound when it is reflected off of a hard surface rather than absorbed by a soft service, affects classroom acoustics

Reverberation

The ability to determine whether two sounds are the same or different

Discrimination

The level of desired sound relative to background noise

Signal to noise ratio

Most individuals with sensorineural hearing loss will experience a decline in

Word recognition/discrimination

Individuals with symmetric, bilateral hearing loss should wear two hearing aids

True

If an individual has bilateral hearing loss and is only fitted with one hearing aid, degradation of the speech signal may decrease in the nonaided ear by

40%

The fundamental goal of audiologic management to

Limit communication difficulty for the individual with hearing loss

Most hearing aids today are worn by individuals with conductive or mixed hearing loss

False

Hearing aids today are smaller because of the _____ of the components

Miniaturization

Individuals with permanent conductive hearing loss should have hearing aids recommended

True

Sensorineural hearing loss can most often not be treated medically or surgically

True

A 45-day trial period for hearing aids is mandated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

False

Binaural amplification helps the wearer to better

Localize sound

The power source of hearing aids is the:

Battery

Strong motivation for hearing aid use is a key element to hearing aid success

True

The difference in dBSPL between the input to the hearing aid and the output from the hearing aid is

Acoustic gain

The four basic components of a hearing aid include, the battery, the microphone, the receiver, and the

Amplifier

A _____ converts electrical energy into acoustic energy

Receiver

The difference in dBSPL at the level of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) with and without hearing aids

Insertion gain

A ______ converts acoustic energy into electric energy

Microphone

When the amount of gain is varied relative to the input signal, it is considered

A nonlinear amplifier