Final

Question 1

What are the three types of hearing loss?

Answer 1

• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed

Question 2

What is the most common kind of conductive hearing loss?

Answer 2

Otitis media

Question 3

What is the most common vowel error?

Answer 3

Neutralization

Question 4

What is the range of a newborn screening? Why is this?

Answer 4

1K - 4K–> higher frequency hair cells are at the base of the cochlea and closer to the stapes making them easier to measure

Question 5

What does VRA stand for?

Answer 5

Visual Response Audiometry

Question 6

Explain a VRA test.

Answer 6

Sound is given and the child turns and looks at it. Usually there is something shiny or that lights up that keeps them wanting to look.

Question 7

When is a VRA test given?

Answer 7

6-8 months

Question 8

What does wpm stand for?

Answer 8

Words per minute

Question 9

How many words per minute do deaf people average?

Answer 9

70 wpm

Question 10

What are the two ways to screen an infant? What aspect of hearing do both of these tests test?

Answer 10

OAE and ABR tests–> physiological aspect not what is perceived

Question 11

What is an OAE test?

Answer 11

Otoacoustic Emissions– pick up a low level echo from hair cell vibrations to determine if the inner ear is normal and healthy

Question 12

What is an ABR test?

Answer 12

Auditory Brainstem Response– the nerves in the brainstem are stimulated and we can pick up a wave response which is based on how many nerves fire simultaneously

Question 13

What are two events that can help identify hearing loss in a child?

Answer 13

• Preschool/ Kindergarten screening

- Delayed language

Question 14

What is the multisensory approach?

Answer 14

Visual, Tactile, Hearing

Question 15

What is a goal for an 8 month infant with severe/profound HL?

Answer 15

Awareness of sound

Question 16

What is a goal for an 8 month infant with mild/moderate HL?

Answer 16

cooing and babbling

Question 17

What is the outcome for those not exposed to language in 3 years?

Answer 17

Language delay

Question 18

What should you keep in mind when testing a child with a hearing loss on speech and language?

Answer 18

Hearing age
Lip reading skills
Severity of the HL

Question 19

How many components of a cochlear implant program are there?

Answer 19

Seven

Question 20

What are the seven components of a cochlear implant program?

Answer 20

1- Initial contact
2- Pre-implant counseling
3- Formal evaluation
4- Surgery
5- Fitting
6- Follow-up evaluation
7- Aural Rehabilitation

Question 21

What are the four Auditory Skill Levels?

Answer 21

1- Detection
2- Discrimination
3- Identification
4- Comprehension

Question 22

What is the difference between mainstream and inclusion?

Answer 22

Mainstream-> regular education setting with support

• pull out therapy, resource room
  
  • *Child adapts to the classroom

Inclusion--> included in all aspects of class with typical hearing children, teachers structures learning to include all children 
   **Classroom adapts to the child

Question 23

What are the six Ling sounds?

Answer 23

ee (feet)
-o- (hot)
oo (shoe)
s (sun)
sh (sheep)
m (man)

Question 24

When is an FM system needed?

Answer 24

ALL mainstreamed deaf and hard of hearing children need an FM system in the classroom to learn effectively

Question 25

True or False:

Hearing aids and cochlear implants restore normal hearing?

Answer 25

False

Question 26

True or False:

In a typical classroom, there is a good signal to noise ratio.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

What are the four Design Principles?

Answer 27

1- Auditory Skill Level
2- Stimuli
3- Activity Type
4- Difficulty Level

Question 28

What is the overall goal of Auditory Training?

Answer 28

To develop the ability to recognize and maximize speech