Exam 4

Question 1

What are the 5 components of an AR plan?

Answer 1

Assessment, information counseling, development of plan, implementation, assessment of outcome, follow-up

Question 2

Component of an AR plan that includes interview and case history, otoscopy and cerumen management, immittance testing, comprehensive hearing evaluation, speech testing, referral to physician, candidacy, identify communication difficulty, questionnaires

Answer 2

Assessment of patient

Question 3

Component of an AR plan that includes discuss hearing and speech test results, confirm hearing loss, plan next steps, attend to patient’s psychological state

Answer 3

Information counseling

Question 4

Component of an AR plan that includes developing an AR plan together, define objectives and goals, identify how to evaluate outcomes

Answer 4

Development of plan

Question 5

How should audiologists develop objectives?

Answer 5

Develop roles and responsibilities, conditions to accomplish objectives, time frame for each objective

Question 6

Component of an AR plan that includes candidacy for amplification, motivation factors, consumer anxiety around amplification, untreated hearing loss and decreased quality of live vs. acceptance of hearing loss and expectations; how we get patients to constantly use hearing aids

Answer 6

Implementation

Question 7

What are the 5 audiologist’s steps to hearing aid success?

Answer 7

Education, value change, attitude change, action, establish use patterns

Question 8

Understand hearing loss and hearing aids

Answer 8

Education

Question 9

Create belief of hearing aid benefits

Answer 9

Value change

Question 10

Care and maintenance of hearing aids, HA benefits vs costs and styles

Answer 10

Attitude change

Question 11

HA evaluation and fitting

Answer 11

Action

Question 12

During ______ hearing aids are selected according to styles and settings, electroacoustic properties are verified, real-ear measurements with hearing aids on, discussion of operation and maintenance, understand how use HAs

Answer 12

HA fitting and orientation

Question 13

What are some problems that patients who use hearing aids report?

Answer 13

Difficulty understanding specific speakers, difficulty understanding speech in various settings

Question 14

What 4 settings do patients with hearing aids have issues with?

Answer 14

Background noise, in noise at distance, in quiet at distance, in general

Question 15

What is the ideal HA use pattern?

Answer 15

24/7

Question 16

What are the 4 factors that are included for cochlear implant recipients?

Answer 16

Obtain information during initial contact, view demonstration during pre-implant counseling, determine candidacy, be aware of complications of surgery

Question 17

Used with or in place of hearing aids, devices for telephone and television, used in listening situations when needed

Answer 17

Assistive listening devices

Question 18

Circumstance for ALD during face-to-face conversations and in groups

Answer 18

Interactive communication

Question 19

Circumstance for ALD while using the TV, radio, workplace, concerts

Answer 19

Non-interactive communication

Question 20

What are some examples of ALDs used for warning signals?

Answer 20

Smoke alarms, doorbells