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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What is a spondee?

A

A word with equal stress on each syllable

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2
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Speech reception threshold: The lowest presentation level for spondee words at which _ can be identified correctly

A

50%

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3
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Percentage of monosyllabic words presented at a comfortable listening level that can be correctly repeated by the patient… this score is called:

A

Speech Discrimination score

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4
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Speech discrimination scores are very helpful for determining appropriate _

A

Amplification

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5
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What are the 4 parts to the hearing aid fitting process?

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Assessment
Selection
Fitting & Verification
Evaluation of Aided Performance

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6
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What are the five eras of hearing aid history?

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Acoustic
Carbon
Vacuum tube
Transistor
Digital
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7
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What are the six hearing aid technologies?

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Linear
Analog with improved technology
Programmable
Programmable-digital
True digital
Beyond digital
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8
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What are the four noise reduction algorithms?

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Modulation-based
Spectral Subtraction
Transient noise
Wind

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9
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What are the four types of mic sensitivity?

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Omnidirectional
Cardoid
Hypercardoid
Supercardoid

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10
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What are the eight specialty hearing aids?

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CROS, BiCROS, Multi-CROS, transcranial CROS, traditional bone conduction, bone anchored, middle ear implant, cochlear implant

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11
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Who uses disposable hearing aids?

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Used for patients who do not ready to accept their hearing problem, or don’t want to pay the money

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12
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What are five reasons for binaural amplification rather than monaural?

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Eliminate head show, improved hearing in noise (binaural squelch), localization, loudness summation, and wide dynamic range

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13
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REUR:

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Real ear unaided response

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REOR:

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Real ear occluded response

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REAR:

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Real ear aided response

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REIR:

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Real ear insertion response

17
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REIG:

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Real ear insertion gain

18
Q

RECD:

A

Real ear coupler difference

19
Q

RESR:

A

Real ear saturation response

20
Q

What do we look at on an audiogram when selecting amplification for a client?

A

Type, degree, configuration of loss, speech discrimination, loudness tolerance, tolerance of background noise

21
Q

What do we look at on the ear when selecting amplification for a client?

A

Size, shape, anatomical irregularities

22
Q

What are two types of assistive learning devices?

A

FM systems and sound field systems

23
Q

What are the different mics for FM systems?

A

Lapel mic
Boom mic
Handi mic

24
Q

Where can you use an FM system?

A

At home, at school, outside the home

25
Q

Where can you use a sound field system?

A

Mostly used in classrooms

26
Q

Go back to chapter 2 slides and study some of the terms in detail

A

Yep, do it

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