Hearing Aid Dispenser License Exam Questions and
Answers
Professionalism
___________ is practicing with impeccable performance, accountability, and work ethic.
Ethical conduct
____________ is rooted in a code of acceptable social behavior as determined by
society's conventions regarding polite behavior and doing the right thing for the right
reasons
SOAP notes stands for
S; subjective; O: objective; A: assessment P: plan
HEAR notes stands for
H: history; E: evaluation; A: assessment; R: recommendation
HIPPA stands for
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
ACA stands for
American Conference of Audioprosthology
Ethics
_________ reflects established and/or expected norms that guide human conduct or
behavior and is perceived as right vs. wrong
4 types of ethics
1. personal ethics, 2. professional ethics, 3. organizational ethics, & 4. business ethics
Personal Ethics
_________ is a type of ethics that is ingrained as a result of one's level of education, life
experiences, family, parental, and social upbringing, and societal and/or familial
expectations, among others.
Professional Ethics
a type of ethics: the rules and principles that govern the behavior of the members of the
profession.
Organization Ethics
_________ is a type of ethics that involves the management of relationships with clients
and the public under a set of principles of conduct
Business Ethics
_____________ is a type of ethics that provides a framework or set of standards of
behavior intended to prevent unfair competition or personal gain resulting from business
decisions or transactions
US laws a HAD knowledge of:
FDA regulations (govern the manufacture and sale of HAs); HIPPA; ARRA (American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act; HITECH (health information technology for economic
and clinical health)
PHI stand for:
Personal Health Information
Ethical always equals legal, but...
......legal does not always equal ethical.
Unethical does not always equal illegal, but....
, .....illegal always equals unethical.
Acoustics
__________ is a branch of physics specializing in sound.
Sound
__________ is a form of energy which originates when a force creates a vibration in the
molecules of a solid, liquid, or gas.
Sound energy travels by...
this type of energy travels by waves that expand in spheres in all directions.
Compression
_________ is when some of the air molecules are pushed together when a sound wave
travels. It is more dense than at rest. This is known as...
Rarefaction
___________ is when a sound wave travels, some molecules are less dense and
spread farther apart than normal
Pure Tone
__________ is produced by simple repeated alternations of compression and
rarefaction.
Sine Wave
_________ is a graphic representation of a pure tone.
When representing a sine wave on a graph the vertical axis shows
_______1.________ and the horizontal shows _______2._____________.
1. amplitude of the wave (power increases amplitude)
2. indicated the time (period)
Frequency
_________ is the number of complete compression/rarefaction cycles per second.
The unit for frequency is..
..... Hertz (Hz) or cycles per second.
Period
_____________ is the time required for one complete cycle of compression and
rarefaction.
Amplitude
_________ graphically describes the intensity of the energy of a vibrating body. It is
usually expressed in decibels (dB)
Intensity is usually expressed in..
_____________ is usually expressed in decibels (dB)
Wavelength
_________ is the distance between one wave crest and trough to the next.
the wavelength of a ___1___ frequency sound is shorter than the wavelength of a
_____2____ frequency sound.
1. high
2. low
Additional: a high frequency pure tone with a shorter wavelength will have more cycles
tin the same period than a low frequency tone with a long wavelength.
Phase
________ is a term used to describe the position in the cycle of one sound wave
relative to another.
Answers
Professionalism
___________ is practicing with impeccable performance, accountability, and work ethic.
Ethical conduct
____________ is rooted in a code of acceptable social behavior as determined by
society's conventions regarding polite behavior and doing the right thing for the right
reasons
SOAP notes stands for
S; subjective; O: objective; A: assessment P: plan
HEAR notes stands for
H: history; E: evaluation; A: assessment; R: recommendation
HIPPA stands for
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
ACA stands for
American Conference of Audioprosthology
Ethics
_________ reflects established and/or expected norms that guide human conduct or
behavior and is perceived as right vs. wrong
4 types of ethics
1. personal ethics, 2. professional ethics, 3. organizational ethics, & 4. business ethics
Personal Ethics
_________ is a type of ethics that is ingrained as a result of one's level of education, life
experiences, family, parental, and social upbringing, and societal and/or familial
expectations, among others.
Professional Ethics
a type of ethics: the rules and principles that govern the behavior of the members of the
profession.
Organization Ethics
_________ is a type of ethics that involves the management of relationships with clients
and the public under a set of principles of conduct
Business Ethics
_____________ is a type of ethics that provides a framework or set of standards of
behavior intended to prevent unfair competition or personal gain resulting from business
decisions or transactions
US laws a HAD knowledge of:
FDA regulations (govern the manufacture and sale of HAs); HIPPA; ARRA (American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act; HITECH (health information technology for economic
and clinical health)
PHI stand for:
Personal Health Information
Ethical always equals legal, but...
......legal does not always equal ethical.
Unethical does not always equal illegal, but....
, .....illegal always equals unethical.
Acoustics
__________ is a branch of physics specializing in sound.
Sound
__________ is a form of energy which originates when a force creates a vibration in the
molecules of a solid, liquid, or gas.
Sound energy travels by...
this type of energy travels by waves that expand in spheres in all directions.
Compression
_________ is when some of the air molecules are pushed together when a sound wave
travels. It is more dense than at rest. This is known as...
Rarefaction
___________ is when a sound wave travels, some molecules are less dense and
spread farther apart than normal
Pure Tone
__________ is produced by simple repeated alternations of compression and
rarefaction.
Sine Wave
_________ is a graphic representation of a pure tone.
When representing a sine wave on a graph the vertical axis shows
_______1.________ and the horizontal shows _______2._____________.
1. amplitude of the wave (power increases amplitude)
2. indicated the time (period)
Frequency
_________ is the number of complete compression/rarefaction cycles per second.
The unit for frequency is..
..... Hertz (Hz) or cycles per second.
Period
_____________ is the time required for one complete cycle of compression and
rarefaction.
Amplitude
_________ graphically describes the intensity of the energy of a vibrating body. It is
usually expressed in decibels (dB)
Intensity is usually expressed in..
_____________ is usually expressed in decibels (dB)
Wavelength
_________ is the distance between one wave crest and trough to the next.
the wavelength of a ___1___ frequency sound is shorter than the wavelength of a
_____2____ frequency sound.
1. high
2. low
Additional: a high frequency pure tone with a shorter wavelength will have more cycles
tin the same period than a low frequency tone with a long wavelength.
Phase
________ is a term used to describe the position in the cycle of one sound wave
relative to another.
