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SHS 401 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM| SHS
401 EXAM 2 REVIEW WITH COMPLETE 300 REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
Which is NOT a component of the tympanometry probe assembly?
A. Air pump
B. Loudspeaker
C. Coupler
D. Microphone - Correct Answer -Coupler
Which of the following is NOT a structure in the acoustic reflex
pathway?
A. VIII nerve
B. Inferior Colliculus
c. Middle ear
D. Cochlea - Correct Answer -Inferior Colliculus
During acoustic reflex testing, which of the following measures is
affected when the stapedius muscle contracts?
A. Tympanometric Width (TW)
B. Peak Ytm
C. Ear Canal Volume (ECV)
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D. Tympanometric Peak Pressure (TPP) - Correct Answer -Peak Ytm
During acoustic reflex testing, what happens when the muscle contracts
due to loud stimulation?
A. Peak pressure increases
B. Peak acoustic admittance decreases
C. Ear-canal (ECV) decreases
D. All of the above - Correct Answer -Peak acoustic admittance
decreases
Which structure is activated when an acoustic signal is too loud?
A. Facial motor nucleus
B. Efferent auditory nerve fibers
C. VIII cranial nerve
D. Ventral cochlear nucleus - Correct Answer -Facial motor nucleus
What is the generator for Wave V?
A. Lateral Lemniscus
B. Superior Olivary Complex
C. Inferior Colliculus
D. Cochlear Nucleus - Correct Answer -Inferior Colliculus
Which type of evoked potential represents the response of the cochlea?
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A. ABR
B. Late Latency Response
C. Electrocochleography
D. Middle Latency Response - Correct Answer -Electrocochleography
Which type of evoked potential requires a patient to sit still and quietly
without falling asleep?
A. Late Latency Response
B. ABR
C. Middle Latency Response
D. None of the above - Correct Answer -Middle Latency Response
How do the waves of the ABR change as stimulus level increases?
A. Their latencies increase
B. Their latencies decrease
C. Nothing changes stimulus level and ABR waveforms are not related
D. Their amplitudes decrease - Correct Answer -Their latencies decrease
Which ABR wave has the highest peak (amplitude) even at low
stimulation levels and is often used for finding thresholds?
A. Wave IV
B. Wave III
C. Wave V
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D. Wave II - Correct Answer -Wave V
What is the most likely site of origin for an otoacoustic emission?
A. Inner hair cells
B. Outer hair cells
C. TM
D. Auditory Nerve - Correct Answer -Outer hair cells
Which of the following is a potential clinical application for OAE?
A. Newborn hearing screening
B. Difficult to test patients
C. Noise exposure monitoring
D. All of the above are potential clinical applications - Correct Answer -
All of the above are potential clinical applications
At about what age do children develop the ability to localize sound on
the horizontal plane?
A. 6 months
B. 9 months
C. 12 months
D. 3 months - Correct Answer -6 months
Why do we observe children's behaviors during the intake process?
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SHS 401 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM| SHS
401 EXAM 2 REVIEW WITH COMPLETE 300 REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
Which is NOT a component of the tympanometry probe assembly?
A. Air pump
B. Loudspeaker
C. Coupler
D. Microphone - Correct Answer -Coupler
Which of the following is NOT a structure in the acoustic reflex
pathway?
A. VIII nerve
B. Inferior Colliculus
c. Middle ear
D. Cochlea - Correct Answer -Inferior Colliculus
During acoustic reflex testing, which of the following measures is
affected when the stapedius muscle contracts?
A. Tympanometric Width (TW)
B. Peak Ytm
C. Ear Canal Volume (ECV)
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D. Tympanometric Peak Pressure (TPP) - Correct Answer -Peak Ytm
During acoustic reflex testing, what happens when the muscle contracts
due to loud stimulation?
A. Peak pressure increases
B. Peak acoustic admittance decreases
C. Ear-canal (ECV) decreases
D. All of the above - Correct Answer -Peak acoustic admittance
decreases
Which structure is activated when an acoustic signal is too loud?
A. Facial motor nucleus
B. Efferent auditory nerve fibers
C. VIII cranial nerve
D. Ventral cochlear nucleus - Correct Answer -Facial motor nucleus
What is the generator for Wave V?
A. Lateral Lemniscus
B. Superior Olivary Complex
C. Inferior Colliculus
D. Cochlear Nucleus - Correct Answer -Inferior Colliculus
Which type of evoked potential represents the response of the cochlea?
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A. ABR
B. Late Latency Response
C. Electrocochleography
D. Middle Latency Response - Correct Answer -Electrocochleography
Which type of evoked potential requires a patient to sit still and quietly
without falling asleep?
A. Late Latency Response
B. ABR
C. Middle Latency Response
D. None of the above - Correct Answer -Middle Latency Response
How do the waves of the ABR change as stimulus level increases?
A. Their latencies increase
B. Their latencies decrease
C. Nothing changes stimulus level and ABR waveforms are not related
D. Their amplitudes decrease - Correct Answer -Their latencies decrease
Which ABR wave has the highest peak (amplitude) even at low
stimulation levels and is often used for finding thresholds?
A. Wave IV
B. Wave III
C. Wave V
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D. Wave II - Correct Answer -Wave V
What is the most likely site of origin for an otoacoustic emission?
A. Inner hair cells
B. Outer hair cells
C. TM
D. Auditory Nerve - Correct Answer -Outer hair cells
Which of the following is a potential clinical application for OAE?
A. Newborn hearing screening
B. Difficult to test patients
C. Noise exposure monitoring
D. All of the above are potential clinical applications - Correct Answer -
All of the above are potential clinical applications
At about what age do children develop the ability to localize sound on
the horizontal plane?
A. 6 months
B. 9 months
C. 12 months
D. 3 months - Correct Answer -6 months
Why do we observe children's behaviors during the intake process?
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