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Week7 Flashcards

1
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Effect of Conductive Loss

A

Loss of audibility

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2
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Effect of Sensorineural Loss

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-Loss of audibility
-Loss of clarity

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3
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Pure-Tone Audiometry Information

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-Detection of Important frequencies
-Degree
-Type
-Configuration

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4
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Speech Audiometry Information

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-Stimuli to characterize patient’s ability to hear spoken language

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5
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Recorded Materials Advantage

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-Standardized talker speed
-Standardized talker vocal effort
-Standardized talker dialect/accent

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6
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Monitored Live Voice Advantage

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-More flexibility in presentation of materials
-Faster presentation
-Engaging with younger children

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7
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Hierarchy of auditory skills and their Components

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Lowest to highest:
-Detection: Determine presence/absence
->Discrimination: Distinguish between two or more sounds
->Recognition: Identify/Label
->Understanding: Comprehend the meaning

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8
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Speech Detection Threshold (SDT) Definition

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lowest intensity level (dB HL) that pt can detect speech.

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9
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SDT Stimuli

A

Words, or continuous speech

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10
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Why we use SDT

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If pt cannot repeat back words

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11
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Speech Recognition Threshold (SRT) Definition

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Lowest intensity level (dB HL) that pt can correctly repeat words

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12
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SRT Stimuli

A

Spondees (two-syllable words with equal stress)

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13
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Why we use SRT

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When pt can repeat back words

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14
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SRT/PTA Relationship

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SRT & PTA within +/- 10 dB, if not poor reliability.

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15
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SDT/Lowest threshold Relationship

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SDT within +/- 10 of lowest threshold of 250 to 4000 Hz

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16
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Word Recognition Testing Definition

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Assesses pt’s ability to correctly identify spoken words presented above threshold

17
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Word recognition Testing Stimuli

A

Monosyllabic Words

18
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Word Recognition Testing Presentation Level

A

40 dB sensation level (dB SL) (add 40 to SRT)

19
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WRT Score categories

A

90-100% = excellent,
80-89% = good,
70-79%=Fair,
60-69%=poor,
<60% = very poor

20
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Expected performance-intensity function for normal vs. conductive vs. sensory vs. neural/retrocochlear loss

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-normal=100% correct around 40 dB above SRT. -Conductive= reaches 100% correct around 40 dB above SRT, but at a higher intensity than normal hearing.
-Sensory (cochlear)= does not reach 100% even at high intensity levels.
-Neural (retrocochlear)= as intensity increases, performance reaches a point where it starts to decrease.

21
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Signal-to-noise ratio: How to compute if given a signal and noise level

A

Speech – Noise= S-to-N ratio in dB

22
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Cross-Hearing Definition

A

Sound presented to one ear can reach the opposite cochlea via bone conduction

23
Q

interaural attenuation

A

The decibel reduction in sound intensity that reaches the opposite cochlea

24
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Values of interaural attenuation

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-Insert earphones = 50 dB, -supra-aural headphones = 40 dB,
-bone oscillator = 0 dB

25
Q

For a given intensity level and a given transducer, determine the intensity level that reaches the opposite cochlea

A

intensity level of tone minus interaural attenuation = tone reaching opposite cochlea

26
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What happens if we fail to mask for air conduction and for bone conduction

A

We will underestimate the threshold.

27
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symbols for masked air conduction and masked bone conduction thresholds

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Right masked air conduction= triangle (tone in right ear, masking noise in left),

left masked air conduction = Square (tone in left ear, masking noise in right ear),

Right masked bone conduction = square bracket eating the bar to the right (oscillator on right mastoid, masking tone via air conduction in left),

Left masked bone conduction = square bracket eating the bar to the left (bone oscillator on left mastoid, masking tone in right ear)

28
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determine the degree of hearing loss based on masked thresholds

A

use masked thresholds for degree if present!

29
Q

determine if masking is needed for air-conduction and for bone conduction

A

air=if difference between air conduction threshold in test ear and bone conduction threshold in opposite ear is greater than or equal to interaural attenuation.

Bone=when ac threshold and unmasked bc threshold in same ear is greater than or equal to 15 dB

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