Josie's Audiology Quiz

Question 1

According to NHSP guidelines, what is the MAIN stimulus that should be used for air conduction ABR? 
A. Broadband click 
B. Wide band noise
C. CE chirp 
D. Tone pip

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What layer(s) is/are absent from the pars flaccid a region of the tympanic membrane?
A. Mucosal
B. Fibrous
C. Mucosal and Fibrous
D. Mucosal and Epithelial

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What method is used for pure tone Audiometry?
A. Ascending method
B. Descending method
C. Lightfoot method
D. Bekesy method

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to Jerger classification of tympanometry traces, a type C trace indicates: 
A. A perforated tympanic membrane
B. Normal middle ear function 
C. Eustacian tube dysfunction 
D. Ossicular discontinuity

Answer 4

C

Question 5

What's the average length of an adult ear canal? 
A. 20mm
B. 25mm
C. 30mm
D. 35mm

Answer 5

B

Question 6

According to Jerger classification, the pressure of a type A tymp should lie between: 
A. -10 - 10daPa
B. -25 - 50daPa
C. -50 - 50daPa
D. -50 - 0daPa

Answer 6

C

Question 7

On the medial wall of the middle ear cavity lies:
A. Tympanic membrane
B. Promontory 
C. Eustacian tube
D. Mastoid

Answer 7

B

Question 8

According to the BSA recommended procedures, a PTA should start at:
A. 40dBHL
B. 10dB Supra threshold
C. 20dBHL
D. 60dBHL

Answer 8

A

Question 9

Which of the following statements are FALSE?
A. The end of the basilar membrane is responsible for low frequencies
B. The scala vestibuli is filled with perilymph
C. The stapes transmits vibrations to the oval window
D. There are more outer than inner hair cells in the cochlea

Answer 9

A

Question 10

Where would you most likely find a vestibular Schwannoma? 
A. Middle ear cavity
B. Internal auditory meatus
C. Semi-circular canals 
D. Eustacian tube

Answer 10

B

Question 11

At which relay station does the auditory system cross over?
A. Superior Olivary complex
B. Inferior coliculus 
C. Cochlear nucleus
D. Auditory cortex

Answer 11

A

Question 12

Which does not run through the internal auditory meatus?
A. Facial nerve
B. Cochlear nerve 
C. Vestibular nerve 
D. Trigeminal nerve

Answer 12

D

Question 13

Which of the following is not a rule of masking (when using supra-aural headphones)?

A. Where the difference between the left and right not masked a-c thresholds is 40dB or more
B. When there is a 40dB or more difference between masked b-c and unmasked a-c on the opposite ear
C. When the not masked b-c threshold is more acute then the air-conduction threshold of either ear by 10dB or more
D. Where the b-c threshold of one ear is more acute by 40dB or more than the not-masked a-c threshold attributed to the other ear

Answer 13

B

Question 14

Which is NOT part of the cochlea? 
A. Basilar membrane
B. Ossous spiral lamina
C. Pars Flaccida 
D. Scala tympani

Answer 14

C

Question 15

Which best describes the typical range for classification of profound hearing loss?
A. More than 30dBHL
B. More than 60dBHL
C. More than 90dBHL
D. More than 120dBHL

Answer 15

C