BEHAVIORAL AUDIOMETRIC EVALUATION Flashcards

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Principles of Air and Bone Pure Tone Audiometry

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Pathways of Sound
* Types of Hearing Loss
* Tuning Fork Tests

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2 Pathways to Stimulate Hearing

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  • __Air___ conduction pathway
  • Consists of __outer______, ____middle_______ (conductive mechanism) and
    ____inner______ ear. (sensorineural mechanism)
  • ___Bone___ conduction pathway
  • Consists of ____cochlea_______ and ___auditory nerve________. (sensorineural
    mechanism
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Types of Hearing Loss

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  • Sensorineural Hearing Loss
    Occurs along ____both_________pathway(s)
  • Conductive Hearing Loss
    Occurs along ___air_______pathway(s)
  • Mixed Hearing Loss
    Occurs along __both_______ pathway(s)
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Tuning Fork Tests

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  • Rinne
  • Weber
  • Bing
    Differentiates between CHL and SNHL
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Rinne Tuning Fork Test

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Compares hearing by BC to hearing by AC
* Physiologically air conduction is more efficient than Bone Conduction
* NH or SNHL
▫ AC is always more efficient than BC

  • CHL
    ▫ BC more efficient than AC
    (Conductive blockage prevents sound from
    being heard through AC.)
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Weber Tuning Fork Test

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  • Test of lateralization for unilateral hearing loss
  • TF is placed on midline (forehead or vertex) of head
  • Patient indicates ‘weber’ s/he hears the signal righ ear, left ear or
    midline.
    ▫ Unilateral SNHL – signal lateralizes to better ear
    ▫ Unilateral CHL – signal lateralizes to poorer ear
    ▫ Midline – signal heard in both ears.
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Bing Tuning Fork Test

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  • Measures the occlusion effect - Loudness of a low frequency bone conducted signal
    increases when the ear is occluded.
  • Vibrating TF is placed on mastoid while examiner alternatively closes and opens the ear canal
    by pressing the tragus inward and then releasing.
  • Normal Hearing or SNHL
    ▫ Positive Bing – pulsating sound
    ▫ Signal is louder when ear is occluded and softer when the canal is open
  • Conductive HL
    ▫ Negative Bing – no pulsating signal
    ▫ No change in loudness when opening and closing ear canal.
    .
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Evaluation Process

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▫ Case History – Process of Differential Diagnosis
▫ Otoscopic inspection
▫ Audiometric equipment
▫ Performing pure tone audiometry
 Air Conduction
 Bone Conducton

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Referral Source

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❖Self referral
❖Family Member
❖Professional referral
❖Physician
❖SLP
❖Educator
❖Insurance referral
❖Hearing Screening

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Case History – Differential Dx

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  • Autism Spectrum Disorder or severe
    – profound HL or both?
    ▫ Poor response when called
    ▫ Delays in language acquisition
  • ADHD/Hyperactivity or HL or both?
    ▫ Inability to listen or follow through with
    directions
    ▫ Difficulty with academic work
    ▫ Poor social skills

Depression or HL or both?
▫ Withdrawn and isolation
▫ Poor self esteem
▫ Trouble concentrating and paying
attention

  • Dementia or HL or both?
    ▫ Decline in memory, cognition,
    attention, languag
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Case History

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  • Patient interview, case hx form. Informal observation
  • Helps identify possible medical conditions that would require physician
    referral.
  • Influences which test procedures will be administered and how testing
    will be conducted
  • Provides the audiologist with the information necessary to diagnose the
    hearing los
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Hearing Case History

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  • Hearing/Communication
    History
  • Medical/Otological History
  • Noise History
  • Family History
  • Rehabilitation History
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Pediatric Hearing Case History

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  • Pregnancy/birth history
  • Speech and language development
  • Physical development
  • Psychosocial development
  • Academic Achievement
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration

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If significant medical history exists:
* Obtain signed release of records
* Contact primary care physician
* Contact any allied health professional

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Otoscopy and Medical Referral Conditions

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  • Inspection of EAM, TM and surrounding
    structures
  • Primary purpose is to ensure that the ear
    canal is clear and the tympanic membrane
    can be visualized in order to proceed with
    testing
  • Rule out ear canal collapse
  • Cerumen Impaction
  • Foreign Matter Blockage
  • Active Drainage
  • Blood in EC
  • Perforation
  • Growths
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Pure Tone Audiometry

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  • Measures degree and type of hearing loss
  • Air Conduction –Determines degree and
    configuration of HL
  • Bone Conduction – Determines type of HL
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Audiometer
Whats the range from frequencies that are tested ?

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  • Electronic device that generates pure tone stimulus at varying
    frequencies and intensities
    ▫ Test Frequencies: 125 to 8000 Hz
    ▫ Test Intensities: -10 to 110/120 dB HL
  • Oscillator – Frequency Selector
  • Attenuator –dial to change intensity level
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Audiometer

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Input
* Stimulus
▫ Pure Tones
▫ Narrowband Noise
▫ Speech

Output
* Transducer
▫ Earphones (R or L)
 Inserts
 Conventional earphones
▫ Bone
▫ Speaker (R or L)

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Patient Position

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  • Avoid giving inadvertent visual cues to the
    participant.
  • Enable easy observation of participant
    responses to stimuli.
  • Allow for the monitoring and reinforcement
    of responses.
  • Permit observation of participant comfort,
    safety, and health.
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Instructions (ASHA 2005)

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  • Indicate the purpose of the test, that is, to find the faintest tone that
    can be heard.
  • Emphasize that it is necessary to sit quietly, without talking, during the
    test.
  • Indicate that the participant is to respond whenever the tone is heard,
    no matter how faint it may be.
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My Instructions

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  • You are going to hear some tones (or beeps).
  • Raise your hand as soon as you hear the tones and put your
    hand down when the tone goes away.
  • The tones will become very soft and sound far away.
  • No matter how faint or distant the tone is, if you think you
    hear it, raise your hand.
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Response Mode

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Hand raising
 Index finger
 Signal button
 Verbal Response

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Response Difficulties

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  • False Positive
  • False Negative
  • Inconsistent Responses
  • Reinstruction
  • Varying time between tones
  • Use pulsed or warbled tone
  • Present at supra threshold level
    to reinforce signal
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Air Conduction Testing

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  • Determine degree of hearing loss
  • Tests the total auditory system
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Earphone Selection
NSERT EARPHONES Increase comfort Prevents collapsed ear canals Reduces need for masking Attenuates BGN SUPRA AURAL HEADPHONES False conductive HL with collapsible canals Does not attenuate BGN Uncomfortable for extended period of time
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Earphone Placement
RED – RIGHT EAR BLUE – LEFT EAR Headphones (supra – aural) Diaphragm of earphone should be directly over ear canal Insert earphones Compress foam and insert into ear
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Test Procedure
* Familiarization ▫ 1000Hz @ 30dBHL ▫ If no response, present at 50dBHL ▫ If no response, raise in 10dB increments until response is achieved * Threshold Determination (Hughson-Westlake method) ▫ down 10, up 5  When patient responds, ____10 down_________ dB  When no response, ______5 up__________ dB  Threshold - Level at which persons hears 50% of time or at least 2 out of 3 ascending trials
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Signal Presentation
* Test better ear or right ear if no difference between the ears * Test in ascending order: ▫ 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000Hz ▫ Retest 1000Hz to confirm test reliability ▫ 500, 250Hz * Switch to other ear and repeat but do not perform 1000Hz retest. * Test inter-octave if there is a 20dB or greater difference between successive octave frequencies
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Signal Presentation
* Tone duration ▫ present pure tone 1-2 seconds’ duration * Interval between tones ▫ Vary interval of successive tone presentations * Tinnitus Interference ▫ Pulse the pure tone stimuli
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Bone Conduction Audiometry
* Evaluates inner ear status * Vibration of skull stimulates fluid-filled cochlea * Determines type of hearing loss ▫ Conductive, Sensorineural, or Mixed * Frequency sequence (ASHA 2005): ▫ 1000Hz, 2000Hz, 3000Hz, 4000Hz, 500Hz, 250Hz
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BC Oscillator Placement
* Mastoid * Forehead
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Bone Oscillator Placement
* No matter where you place the bone oscillator, both cochleas will be stimulated. * If there is a difference in hearing between cochleas, the better cochlea will respond. * Instructions and responses are the same as air conduction testing.
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Bone Conduction Audiometry How it works
▫ Distortional Bone Conduction  Compression / Distortion - Cochlea’s shape is distorted as the skull vibrates back and forth, creating movement of the cochlear fluids ▫ Inertial Bone Conduction  Ossicular lag – Movement of the stapes footplate lags behind the vibrating cochlear shell ▫ Osseotympanic Bone Conduction  BC by air conduction – Bony sides of the EAM are vibrating. This creates an air conducted sound which travels outward and towards the TM and into the ME.
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Masking
* Cross Hearing * Interaural Attenuation * Masker (Masking Noise)
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CROSSHEARING
* Sound presented to the test ear (TE) crosses over and is perceived in the cochlea of the non test ear * Given enough intensity any transducer can stimulate the opposite cochlea
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Interaural Attenuation
Reduction of sound energy as it crosses from one ear to the other (via bone conduction) Supra-aural headphones IA = 40dB Insert earphones IA = 70dB Bone Conduction IA= 0dB Clinically – 15dB
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When to Mask
* Apply masking to NTE when the AC of the TE exceeds the BC for the NT cochlea by the amount of the minimum IA values. * Minimum IA values ▫ Supraaural phones: ABG = > 40 dB ▫ Insert phones: ABG = > 70 dB ▫ Bone conduction: ABG = > 15 dB
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MASKING DEFINITION
* Masking in our Environment * The presence of noise that interferes with the audibility of another * Masking in Audiology * The presentation of noise to the non- test ear (NTE) to raise the threshold of audibility and thus eliminate its participation when testing the hearing threshold of the test ear (TE).
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Masking the NTE
* Keep the non-test ear “busy” while establishing true threshold results for the test ear. * Present narrow band noise to the non-test ear (NTE) to eliminate cross hearing. * Narrow band noise – sound energy within a critical band of noise that is centered at a pure tone frequency.