Hearing Loss & Audiological Assessments

Question 1

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the WHO scale: 61-80 dB HL.

Answer 1

Severe hearing loss

Question 2

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the WHO scale: 26-40 dB HL.

Answer 2

Slight/mild hearing loss

Question 3

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the WHO scale: 81 and above dB HL.

Answer 3

profound hearing loss

Question 4

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the WHO scale: 41-60 dB HL.

Answer 4

moderate hearing loss

Question 5

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the ASHA scale: 71-90 dB HL.

Answer 5

severe hearing loss

Question 6

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the ASHA scale: 16-25 dB HL.

Answer 6

slight hearing loss

Question 7

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the ASHA scale: 56-70 dB HL.

Answer 7

moderately severe

Question 8

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the ASHA scale: 41-55 dB HL.

Answer 8

moderate hearing loss

Question 9

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the ASHA scale: 26-40 dB HL.

Answer 9

mild hearing loss

Question 10

Identify the degree of hearing loss based on the ASHA scale: 91 and above dB HL.

Answer 10

profound hearing loss

Question 11

The graphic representation of a person’s hearing abilities.

Answer 11

audiogram

Question 12

True or False: 0 db HL is the absence of sounds.

Answer 12

False. It is the lowest hearing level which people with normal hearing typically begin to detect sound.

Question 13

In the audiogram of unmasked and masked pure tone air conduction, what symbols do the right ear and left ear have? (include the color)

Answer 13

red circle (right unmasked)
blue X (left unmasked)
triangle (right masked)
square (left unmasked)

Question 14

The audiogram of a ________ hearing loss shows an airborne gap of 15dB or greater, where AC threshold is _________ while BC is _________.

Answer 14

conductive; beyond normal range; within normal limits

Question 15

The audiogram of a ________ hearing loss shows a gap of ________, where more or less AC and BC will be equally abnormal.

Answer 15

sensorineural; less than 15 dB

Question 16

The audiogram of a mixed hearing loss shows a gap of ________, where AC threshold is _________ while BC is _________.

Answer 16

mixed; greater than 10 dB; AC and BC will be beyond normal limits

Question 17

Enumerate the configuration of hearing loss in an audiogram that are associated with presbycusis.

Answer 17

flat, gradually sloping, sharply sloping

Question 18

This configuration of hearing losss indicates better hearing at higher frequencies.

Answer 18

rising configuration

Question 19

A _________ sloping configuration shows a 16 dB increase per octave in the audiogram.

Answer 19

precipitously

Question 20

This configuration is typically seen with 20 dB or greater loss at extreme frequencies, but not on mid.

Answer 20

peaked configuration

Question 21

This configuration is typically seen with 20 dB or greater loss at mid frequencies, but not on extreme.

Answer 21

trough configuration

Question 22

The two major categories of audiological assessments.

Answer 22

subjective and objective tests

Question 23

Enumerate the subjective audiological assessments.

Answer 23

puretone audiometry
speech audiometry

Question 24

Enumerate the objective audiological assessments.

Answer 24

OAE
AABR
ABR
ASSR
Tympanometry

Question 25

Enumerate the hearing tests for children

Answer 25

newborn hearing screening VRA/VROA conditioned play audiometry

Question 26

This is the gold standard assessment method of determining type, degree, and configuration of hearing loss.

Answer 26

puretone audiometry

Question 27

This is the screening test for the inner, which measures the sounds given off by hair cells in response to auditory stimuli.

Answer 27

otoacoustic air emission (OAE)

Question 28

This is a test for middle ear in response to pressure changes in the ear canal.

Answer 28

tympanometry

Question 29

This assessment uses speech stimuli to assess auditory function.

Answer 29

speech audiometry

Question 30

It is an electrophysiological response to rapid auditory stimuli used to estimate hearing thresholds via specialized algorithm.

Answer 30

auditory steady state response (ASSR)

Question 31

It is the screening test to assess activity in the auditory nerve to the brain.

Answer 31

automated auditory brainstem response (AABR)

Question 32

This test is used as diagnostic procedure, which assess neural response integrity and obtain estimates of hearing thresholds.

Answer 32

auditory brainstem response (ABR)