Intro To Audiometry 2 (College of DuPage)

Question 1

Sound can be defined as _ and _

Answer 1

Physical, psychological

Question 2

Your head absorbs 40 dB of sound in regards to testing with

Answer 2

over-the-ear super-aural headphones

Question 3

Audiogram symbols: circles and Xs are for

Answer 3

Air conduction scores when they are unmasked

Question 4

Audiogram symbols: triangle and square are for

Answer 4

Air conduction scores when they are masked (triangle is for the right ear)

Question 5

Audiogram symbols: < > brackets are for

Answer 5

Bone conduction scores when they are unmasked

Question 6

Audiogram symbols: [ ] brackets are for

Answer 6

Bone conduction scores when they are masked

Question 7

Circle, half square, X, and zigzag with downward arrows are examples of

Answer 7

No response symbols

Question 8

What is Air-bone Gap and what does it help determine AC thresholds and BC thresholds
Will help determine if the patient has a CHL, SNHL, or MHL

Answer 8

the difference between AC thresholds and BC thresholds. it helps determine if the patient has a MEHL, CHL, or SNHL

Question 9

SDT

Answer 9

Speech detection threshold

Question 10

two types of speech-threshold tests

Answer 10

Speech recognition threshold and speech detection threshold