Quiz Qs Flashcards
Identify two risk factors for hearing loss at birth
- in utero infection
- injury at birth
Older adults see a steeper decline in cognitive function that those without
True
Identify one thing the patient should now before leaving the clininc with their new HAs
- how to put them in and take them out
- how to tell the two sides apart
- how to use additional HA programs and when to use them
- how to use the phone with a HA
- keep away from water, don’t sleep with them in
- accessories
Hearing aids can be paired to cell phones through Bluetooth
True
FMs need both a receiver and a transmitter in order to worl
True
T-coils can work with looped systems
True
HAs can connect wirelessly to TV audio
True
What is the goal of a hearing aid program
Provide settings most appropriate for a given environment
HA users switch between three or more HA programs
False
Higher end HAs have more channels than lower end HSd
True
Two reasons why TV is hard to understand
- no separation between speech and noise
- doesn’t know its audience (speech rate)
- lack of vis cues
- distance creates reverb/distortion
Hearing loss causes a decrease in:
- decrease in audibility
- decrease identification
- decrease ability to hear in noise
- decrease
When assessing lower limit HL, what are some considerations?
- client lifestyle
- severity of loss
- cosmetics
- age
- personality
A barrier of adopting a hearing aid
stigma
What are the basic components of a HI
- receiver
- mic
- microship
- volume, battery controls
- battery
