CSD 425 Final Exam – comprehensive study guide and exam preparation
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What are the known consequences of unmanaged minimal/slight hearing loss? - ✔✔For
children:
- poor academic performance
For both:
- social isolation, low self esteem
What is the effect of signal-to-noise ratio and reverberation time on speech perception in
children with normal hearing and hearing loss (with hearing aids)?
*Hearing aids can't counteract effects of ______________ and _____ - ✔✔reverberation,
noise
Self-stereotyping refers to which of the following examples?
a. A clinician suggesting that all programs in a hearing aid must be automated because the
patient is too old to learn how to switch programs
b. A family member not allowing their older parent to use a remote control because the family
member thinks the parent cannot handle it
c. An older adult refusing to use a remote control to control the hearing aid because he or she
believes older individuals cannot use technology
d. Cannot predict - ✔✔c
,In aural rehabilitation of an older adult, it is fruitful (i.e. beneficial)to screen for cognitive
impairment or evaluate cognitive abilities because...
a. The audiologist could entirely skip the hearing test if the patient fails the cognitive screening
test
b. Some older adults with cognitive impairment may not be diagnosed and an audiologist may
be the first point of contact for appropriate referral.
c.Hearing aids will be recommended only for those with no cognitive deceits.
d. Audiology appointments are long and have time to spare - ✔✔b
Individuals with higher self-reported hearing disability are more likely to seek hearing aids
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
If an 80-year-old male has bilateral symmetrical mild to moderate sloping sensorineural hearing
loss, the audiologist must always recommend two hearing aids?
a.True
b.False - ✔✔b
Older adults take ____________ time to acclimate to hearing aids compared to younger adults.
, a. A longer
b A shorter
c. Equal time
d. Cannot predict - ✔✔a
Ellie, a 4-month-old baby, was diagnosed with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural
hearing loss using auditory brainstem responses. Which of the following recommendations will
an audiologist make? Note that the child does not have auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder.
a.Use visual mode of communication until the child is old enough for cochlear implant surgery
b.Avoid use of any hearing aids until Ellie is old enough for cochlear implants because hearing
aids provide limited benefit for severe to profound hearing losses
c.Wait until the child can participate in behavioral testing (e.g., visual reinforcement
audiometry) to confirm hearing loss and fit hearing aids
d.Immediate use of bilateral hearing aids with appropriate aided audibility - ✔✔d
Although hearing aids may provide limited audibility in children with severe to profound hearing
loss, audiologists usually encourage the use of hearing aids until cochlear implants are obtained
(if they are obtained) because: (select two answers)
a. It informs everybody in the society that the childcannot hear
b. The child will qualify for future benefits at preschool and school only if he/she wore hearing
aids
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What are the known consequences of unmanaged minimal/slight hearing loss? - ✔✔For
children:
- poor academic performance
For both:
- social isolation, low self esteem
What is the effect of signal-to-noise ratio and reverberation time on speech perception in
children with normal hearing and hearing loss (with hearing aids)?
*Hearing aids can't counteract effects of ______________ and _____ - ✔✔reverberation,
noise
Self-stereotyping refers to which of the following examples?
a. A clinician suggesting that all programs in a hearing aid must be automated because the
patient is too old to learn how to switch programs
b. A family member not allowing their older parent to use a remote control because the family
member thinks the parent cannot handle it
c. An older adult refusing to use a remote control to control the hearing aid because he or she
believes older individuals cannot use technology
d. Cannot predict - ✔✔c
,In aural rehabilitation of an older adult, it is fruitful (i.e. beneficial)to screen for cognitive
impairment or evaluate cognitive abilities because...
a. The audiologist could entirely skip the hearing test if the patient fails the cognitive screening
test
b. Some older adults with cognitive impairment may not be diagnosed and an audiologist may
be the first point of contact for appropriate referral.
c.Hearing aids will be recommended only for those with no cognitive deceits.
d. Audiology appointments are long and have time to spare - ✔✔b
Individuals with higher self-reported hearing disability are more likely to seek hearing aids
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
If an 80-year-old male has bilateral symmetrical mild to moderate sloping sensorineural hearing
loss, the audiologist must always recommend two hearing aids?
a.True
b.False - ✔✔b
Older adults take ____________ time to acclimate to hearing aids compared to younger adults.
, a. A longer
b A shorter
c. Equal time
d. Cannot predict - ✔✔a
Ellie, a 4-month-old baby, was diagnosed with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural
hearing loss using auditory brainstem responses. Which of the following recommendations will
an audiologist make? Note that the child does not have auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder.
a.Use visual mode of communication until the child is old enough for cochlear implant surgery
b.Avoid use of any hearing aids until Ellie is old enough for cochlear implants because hearing
aids provide limited benefit for severe to profound hearing losses
c.Wait until the child can participate in behavioral testing (e.g., visual reinforcement
audiometry) to confirm hearing loss and fit hearing aids
d.Immediate use of bilateral hearing aids with appropriate aided audibility - ✔✔d
Although hearing aids may provide limited audibility in children with severe to profound hearing
loss, audiologists usually encourage the use of hearing aids until cochlear implants are obtained
(if they are obtained) because: (select two answers)
a. It informs everybody in the society that the childcannot hear
b. The child will qualify for future benefits at preschool and school only if he/she wore hearing
aids
