Part 1.5

Question 1

An empathic understanding of the client’s personality, experience, problems and expectations
is important in the hearing instrument fitting process.

True
False

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Frequency and pitch

a) are two completely different things, having no relationship to each other
b) are identical
c) are not the same, but one is related to the other
d) are related on an absolute one-to-one basis
e) are the same as intensity and loudness

Answer 2

c) are not the same, but one is related to the other

One is psychological and the other is empirical.

Question 3

At the time of delivery of the instrument(s) you should make sure that

a) the earmold is comfortable and properly fitted
b) you review important information said at the first contact
c) the client understands how to control the volume, and change batteries
d) all of the above

Answer 3

d) all of the above

Question 4

Noises in the head such as roaring, hissing, buzzing, ringing, etc., are

a) recruitment
b) trauma
c) tinnitus
d) harmonics

Answer 4

c) tinnitus

Question 5

Another name for the pinna is

a) external ear
b) lobule
c) tragus
d) auricle
e) none of the above

Answer 5

d) auricle

Question 6

Perforations in the tympanic membrane are of little importance to the hearing instrument specialist

True
False

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The outer rim of the auricle is the

a) pinna
b) tragus
c) helix
d) concha

Answer 7

c) helix

Question 8

A hearing aid dispenser needs to know about hearing disorders

a) to add to his knowledge about how the hearing mechanism works
b) to allow him to know when to send his client to a physician
c) to help him understand the medical problems of his clients
d) to enable him to tell his clients what caused their problems
e) a, b, and c,
f) a, b, c, and d

Answer 8

e) a, b, and c

If you are telling clients their problems you are diagnosing, which is doing what a doctor should be doing.

Question 9

A dividing line between the external ear and the middle ear is the

a) Eustachian tube
b) malleus
c) tympanic membrane
d) oval window

Answer 9

c) tympanic membrane

Question 10

Oval window

Answer 10

Opening in the bone between the air filled middle ear and the fluid filled inner ear. Covered by a thin membrane.
The footplate of the stapes is set in the oval window. Sound is transmitted from the ossicular chain to the inner ear through the oval window.
Interfaces with the perilymph fluid in the scala vestibuli.

Question 11

Round window

Answer 11

Membrane covered opening in the bone, separating the middle and inner ear.
Interfaces with the perilymph fluid in the scala tympani.

Question 12

A complete removal of the stapes is

a) a mastoidectomy
b) a nerve deafness
c) a stapes mobilization
d) a stapedectomy

Answer 12

d) a stapedectomy

A plastic or steel strut replaces the stapes

Question 13

A surgical procedure to remove an infected portion of the bone behind the ear when medical treatment is not effective. This surgery is rarely needed today because of the widespread use of antibiotics.

Answer 13

Mastoidectomy

Question 14

The color of the healthy eardrum is

a) pink
b) red
c) pearly grey
d) light amber

Answer 14

c) pearly grey

Question 15

Using a battery of overlapping tests rather than one test is desirable because

a) it gives the client more experience at responding
b) it greatly improves diagnostic capabilities
c) it means more income for the office
d) all of the above

Answer 15

b) it greatly improves diagnostic capabilities

Question 16

The eardrum

a) is also called the tympanic membrane
b) is extremely strong
c) is usually thinner and more elastic in children than in adults
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

Answer 16

d) all of the above

Question 17

Which instrument produces a pure tone?

a) clarinet
b) violin
c) audiometer
d) church bell
e) human voice

Answer 17

c) audiometer

A tone of one wave.