Ethics and Diagnostic Procedures

Question 1

Sensorineural hearing loss is normal where?

Answer 1

Inner ear

Question 2

Warble vs. pulse tone

Answer 2

Warble -
Pulse -

Question 3

Short Increment Sensitivity Index (SISI)

Question 4

Difference Limen (DLI)

Question 5

**Sensation level will always be above HL

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Question 6

What is retrocochlear?

Question 7

If your word recognition test scores does not correlate with the audiogram, the patient may have what type of disorder?

Answer 7

Retrocochlear

Question 8

Retrocochlear patients are likely to have more auditory fatigue quicker during threshold decay testing. True or false?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Speech audiometry is used to …..

Answer 9

assess the validity of pure tone thresholds and obtain diagnostic information regarding the site of lesion.

Question 10

SRTs are used for ….

Answer 10

validation of pure-tone thresholds.

Question 11

SRT and PTA are expected to be within how much of each other?

Answer 11

Within 10 dB (some clinical sites might say within 6-8 dB)

Question 12

A > 10 dB difference between SRT and PTA could suggest:

Answer 12

• the patient did not understand the instructions given
• poor reliability of pure-tone thresholds