AURAL REHAB

Question 1

Mr. Jones did not attend his granddaughter’s school play because he didn’t think he could understand what he kids were saying. not attending the school play is an example of an:

Answer 1

participation restriction

Question 2

individuals who have hearing loss are underserved, in part because of:

Answer 2

lack of audiologists
lack of reimbursement
geographical location

Question 3

Joyce no longer attends her sunday school class at church because she is having difficulty following along with the conversation due to her hearing loss. what is joyce not attending her class an example of?

Answer 3

participation restriction

Question 4

what indicates the type of benefits experienced by either an individual or a group of individuals to a treatment or series of treatments and/or indicates a response?

Answer 4

outcome measure

Question 5

provide clients with tools to address activity limitations and participation restrictions

Answer 5

goal selection in aural rehab

Question 6

difficulty comprehending speech in the presence of background noise is an example of:

Answer 6

activity limitation

Question 7

in the WHO nomenclature, a disability is:

Answer 7

functional consequence of an impairment

Question 8

aspects of activity limitations (according to WHO) may be influenced by:

Answer 8

an active lifestyle
person’s willingness to be assertive regarding needs
communication partners

Question 9

T/F: when developing an AR plan, the SLP and audiologist provide the most important input regarding that plan

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

T/F: auditory training can change a person’s hearing sensitivity

Answer 10

FALSE

Question 11

analytic training focuses on:

Answer 11

recognition of individual speech sounds

Question 12

phoneme based training is designed to hone:

Answer 12

bottom-up processing

Question 13

according to transfer appropriate processing theory (TAP) in regard to auditory training:

Answer 13

gains are greatest for the talker on which the patient trained

Question 14

T/F: segmental information of speech provides all the information needed for communication

Answer 14

FALSE

Question 15

in adults, what cognitive skills might be trained during auditory training?

Answer 15

auditory attention
processing speed

Question 16

a clinician targeted specific sound differences in word pairs during an auditory training activity. what type of training was being utilized?

Answer 16

analytic training

Question 17

acoustically, how are vowels primarily identified?

Answer 17

1st and 2nd formants

Question 18

as part of an AR program, a new adult CI user listens to a set of word pairs presented by the clinician. the adults responds “same” or “different” based on the pair of words presented. what auditory skill is the AR clinician targeting?

Answer 18

discrimination

Question 19

the advantage afforded by adding hearing to vision is known as:

Answer 19

speechreading enhancement

Question 20

typically, a word that has a high frequency of usage is easier to identify on the face than a word that has low frequency of usage. an exception to this rule of thumb is:

Answer 20

the word with low frequency of usage has far fewer lexical neighbors than the word with a high frequency of usage

Question 21

what term refers to rapid and intermittent eye movement such that the eyes fixate on one point and then another point in the visual field?

Answer 21

saccade

Question 22

when speechreading, individuals need to focus more on the ____ when seeking prosodic information about questions vs statements.

Answer 22

upper face

Question 23

Mr. Simmons is taking a lipreading test. which word is he most likely to identify correctly?
A. thumb
B. Bathtub
C. hornet
d. elephant

Answer 23

C. hornet

Question 24

if a person is a candidate for intensive speechreading training, this person is most likely to be:

Answer 24

a new recipient of a cochlear implant

Question 25

what kind of information should a speech reader provide to the talker to explain how to communicate with him?

Answer 25

talker should talk slightly louder talker should face him while talking

Question 26

which two sounds are an example of viseme? A. b, p B. f, t C. m, n D. l, w

Answer 26

A. p, b

Question 27

what are groups of speech sounds that appear identical on the lips (e.g., p, m, b)?

Answer 27

visemes

Question 28

what is mean length turn ratio?

Answer 28

ratio of MLTs of two talker who are engaged in conversation

Question 29

what can cause a person's difficulty with conversational fluency to fluctuate?

Answer 29

communication partners topic of discussion physiological state

Question 30

the term generous listening is used to describe:

Answer 30

instances in which a clinician listens while providing positive regard, attention, and acknowledgements

Question 31

if a clinician wanted to informally assess someone's conversational fluency, the most direct way might be to:

Answer 31

conduct an interview using open-ended questions

Question 32

what is the most straightforward assessment procedure?

Answer 32

interview

Question 33

what is listening in a way that lets patients know they are being heard, without being judged, and provides positive attention, regard, and acknowledgement?

Answer 33

generous listening

Question 34

reasons that conversational fluency is difficult to measure clinically?

Answer 34

-fluency varies with topic of conversation -fluency varies as a function of the communication partner -communication difficulties may not arise

Question 35

Marion, an adult woman with hearing loss, often bluffs during conversations. what is likely to be true regarding her bluffing?

Answer 35

creates a feeling of helplessness during her conversations

Question 36

A ____ is a course of action taken to enhance communication.

Answer 36

communication strategy

Question 37

most positive outcome of using a nonverbal repair strategy?

Answer 37

the point of communication breakdown is signaled

Question 38

during an AR session, the clinician shows a video of effective facilitative strategies being utilized. which type of self-efficacy activity was described?

Answer 38

vicarious experience

Question 39

what is the most effective way to improve self-efficacy in adults with hearing loss?

Answer 39

practice successfully using the communication strategy

Question 40

once an adult with hearing loss has received training regarding communication strategies, what most likely would be the next goal in the AR plan?

Answer 40

improve the adult's self-efficacy to manage difficult listening situations

Question 41

an adult client reports depression regarding his newly diagnosed hearing loss and states "i just dont want to do anything with friends now because i cant understand what they say." what is the adult client demonstrating?

Answer 41

a possible psychosocial consequence of hearing loss

Question 42

T/F: a person who adopts an assertive conversational style may blame others for misunderstandings

Answer 42

FALSE

Question 43

families should be included in the aural rehabilitation plan for an older adult in which ways:

Answer 43

joint goal setting hearing aid orientation group education sessions

Question 44

what is one's sense of being able to conduct day-to-day activities without undue reliance on others?

Answer 44

self-sufficiency

Question 45

a fairly recent component added to the diagnostic test battery, implemented by some audiologists is:

Answer 45

cognitive screening

Question 46

a patient-centered orientation designs rehab services that are based on:

Answer 46

a patient's background

Question 47

untreated hearing loss is associated with:

Answer 47

cognitive decline

Question 48

what might be the cause of an artificial air-bone gap in an older adult?

Answer 48

impacted cerumen

Question 49

hearing loss in the older adult population usually starts in the:

Answer 49

high frequencies

Question 50

"you have a sensorineural hearing loss, i'm afraid that there is no cure" might be said by an audiologist who is following what kind of patient-care approach:

Answer 50

biomedical

Question 51

typically, what deteriorates first with Alzheimer's disease?

Answer 51

memory

Question 52

what physical or cognitive conditions might influence the development of an older person's AR plan?

Answer 52

manual dexterity

Question 53

T/F: a standardized language test should not be utilized when assessing a child with hearing loss.

Answer 53

FALSE

Question 54

T/F: deaf children of Deaf parents do not demonstrate the same cognitive trends expected of children with hearing loss who do not have a Deaf parent

Answer 54

TRUE

Question 55

what is the most important factor to consider when choosing a communication outcome for a child with hearing loss?

Answer 55

will the child have access to a consistent model of the chosen outcome across settings

Question 56

typical segmental errors made by children who have profound hearing loss include:

Answer 56

neutralization of vowels

Question 57

which communication outcome utilizes hearing through amplification and speechreading/ visual cues to develop spoken language for communication?

Answer 57

auditory oral

Question 58

why are cognitive skills difficult to measure in children with hearing loss?

Answer 58

professionals may not be trained in the child's chosen communication outcome these children often have difficulty with the language involved in the testing

Question 59

what phonological processes might a child with hearing loss demonstrate in conversational speech?

Answer 59

FCD and stopping

Question 60

which characteristic is most likely to be observed in a school age child with hearing loss?

Answer 60

decreased use of bound morphemes

Question 61

if a child is having difficulty with a particular activity, the AR clinician might do which of the following:

Answer 61

move from an unstructured to a structured environment

Question 62

Bobby is a 6:0 year old boy with bilateral CIs. He has a hearing age of 5:0. Following 2 step directions in background noise is being targeted during his AR sessions. This is an example of:

Answer 62

synthetic training

Question 63

when does auditory development begin for a child?

Answer 63

as early as week 20 of prenatal development

Question 64

during an auditory verbal therapy session, a parent is coached to sing a song about changing an infant's diaper before showing the child the diaper. What term best describes the strategy the parent utilized?

Answer 64

audition first

Question 65

During an AR session, a child is consistently having difficulty following 2 step directions. what strategy might be best for the AR clinician to utilize?

Answer 65

acoustic highlighting of the missed information

Question 66

a child with access to auditory information only through 500 Hz will:

Answer 66

have auditory access to cues for duration pattern

Question 67

a 6 month old baby stops playing with a toy when some talks is an example of:

Answer 67

detection

Question 68

suppose a two year old child is not consistently wearing a recently activated cochlear implant. assuming the CI has been checked and is working appropriately, what action by the AR clinician would be most appropriate?

Answer 68

talk with the parent about which situations are creating challenges for device use and brainstorm specific strategies to try to address these

Question 69

what is not one of the four design principles for an auditory training curriculum?

Answer 69

stimuli

Question 70

during an incident in the classroom, Thomas became angry with a classmate during a group activity. he yelled at his group, "if we get a bad grade, its your fault!" what was thomas demonstrating?

Answer 70

an external locus of control regarding his project grade

Question 71

what is reverberation?

Answer 71

sound bouncing from floor to ceiling and wall to wall

Question 72

especially when a child was very poor speech and language skills, a communication strategies training program for parents might include special emphasis on:

Answer 72

receptive repair strategies

Question 73

an IEP usually includes statements about everything but:

Answer 73

legal ramifications if the plan is not implemented

Question 74

what is NOT a duty of an educational audiologist?

Answer 74

daily maintenance and verification of listening systems

Question 75

children with hearing loss attend classes with children with normal hearing in what kind of classroom?

Answer 75

mainstream

Question 76

T/F: Deaf children of Deaf parents do not demonstrate the same cognitive trends expected of children with hearing loss who do not have a Deaf parent.

Answer 76

TRUE

Question 77

T/F: once a communication outcome is chosen, it should not be changed. it is recommended to persevere because the child will successful with sufficient intervention.

Answer 77

FALSE

Question 78

how should you gain the attention of a Deaf person?

Answer 78

tap the Deaf person on the shoulder