Test Three Flashcards
Why do people fake a hearing loss
Money
Attention
What happens if a patient is malingering
Stop testing
Document why
Don’t tell the patient
What are some ways you can tell the patient is faking it
Bone conduction is worse
Involved in a lawsuit
Pure tone normal
But SRT is profound
What is UNHS
Universal newborn hearing screening
When do you perform the UNHS
Couple days after birth
If the baby fails what happens
Refer to audiologist by three months
What are the screeners
Pass or fail
ABR
OAE
By three months if HL is confirmed what happens
Put with haring aids
We want chip to develop hearing why
So they can develop speech and language
What does congenital mean
Born with HL
What does acquired mean
Loose in some other way
What’s MRL
Minimal response level
what’s EHDI
Early hearing detection intervention
What’s JCIH
Joint committee on Infant Hearing
What does the JCIH
Give us guidelines
Babies with normal hearing turn toward sound
With non hearing and even mild babies they might not turn
At age two if child has a hearing loss what do we do
Don’t speak at age two
Won’t respond to acoustic signals at threshold
Respond to sound they know they hear
What are the minimal response levels
Respond to pure tones
Look toward sound
Cry
Jump
If they aren’t hearing the sound
They won’t respond
What is the APGAR test
Appearance Pulse Grimace Activity Respiration
If they have a low APGAR score we should expect what
Suspected to have SNHL
Why do we prefer OAEs
Quicker
Cost effective
Accurate results
Suit up with electrobes