Unit 8/9: Pediatrics/Newborns

Question 1

visual reinforcement audiometry

Answer 1

pure tone testing used with toddlers which relies on Childs ability to localize by turning toward sound
6mo-2yrs

Question 2

VRA concepts

Answer 2

conditioning
reinforcement (habituation/time-locked)
sound field vs headphones

Question 3

conditioning

Answer 3

the process used to train children to receive reinforcement

Question 4

habituation

Answer 4

diminishing physiologic or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus

Question 5

time-locked

Answer 5

occurring immediately after the stimuli in response to the stimuli

Question 6

play audiometry

Answer 6

pure tone testing used with children in which responses to auditory stimuli are paired with a play activity
2-5 yrs

Question 7

word intelligibility by picture identification

Answer 7

25 sets of 6 pictures
child points to the picture of the word they heard

Question 8

newborn hearing screening

Answer 8

mandated in all states to identify hearing loss

Question 9

1-3-6 rule

Answer 9

identify at 1 month, diagnose at 3 months, fit by 6 months

Question 10

auditory brainstem response (ABR)

Answer 10

reads the brain wave that is generated when the ear is stimulated with a sound and is recorded by electrodes
neural response

Question 11

otoacoustic emissions

Answer 11

tiny sounds generated in the cochlea arising from the outer hair cells that can be measured in ear canal