Unit 7: Speech audiometry and Tympany

Question 1

speech audiometry

Answer 1

assessment of the patient’s hearing using speech stimuli

Question 2

threshold test

Answer 2

speech reception thresholds or Spondee Reception thresholds

Question 3

speech reception threshold

Answer 3

lowest intensity that speech is identified correctly 50% of time
speech materials used as spondaic words

Question 4

purpose of SRT

Answer 4

assess the reliability of pure tone findings (cross-check)

Question 5

how does SRT assess reliability of pure tone findings?

Answer 5

compares pure tone average of thresholds at 500 hz, 1000 hz, 2000 hz
PTA and SRT within 10 dB

Question 6

word recognition testing

Answer 6

supra threshold measure of speech recognition performance with monosyllabic and phonetically/phonemically balanced words

Question 7

word lists for WRS

Answer 7

CID W-22: 50 word list
PBK-50: pediatrics
SPIN: speech in noise tests

Question 8

presentation level for WR

Answer 8

determined by the amount of hearing loss and the purpose of the test

Question 9

factors affecting Speech discrimination scores

Answer 9

physical
linguistic
test administration variables
patient variables

Question 10

typanometry

Answer 10

test that measures mobility of the tympanic membrane by varying the air pressure in ear canal

Question 11

Type A graph

Answer 11

Normal
air pressure at zero
with a peak in compliance
AS: low compliance
AD: high compliance

Question 12

Type B graph

Answer 12

ear drum doesn’t move
straight line

Question 13

Type C graph

Answer 13

negative pressure behind ear drum
peak of compliance

Question 14

sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 14

type A

Question 15

otitis media

Answer 15

type b

Question 16

ossicular chain discontinuity

Answer 16

type b

Question 17

central auditory processing disorder

Answer 17

type a

Question 18

vestibular schwannoma

Answer 18

type a