Hearing Aid Dispenser: Mock Exam #4 Questions &
Answers
If a patient comes into your office with an audiogram showing a PTA 10 dB AD
and 50 dB AS with a flat configuration and 2K 5 dB peak, sensorineural and
reduced SDT scores you would be looking at:
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
b. Hearing loss caused by birth
c. Hearing loss caused by otitis media
d. Hearing loss caused by Meniere's
d. Hearing loss caused by Meniere's
If a patient comes into your office with an audiogram showing a sensorineural
PTA 50 dB AU with a notch at 4 K and reduced SDT scores you would be looking
at:
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
b. Hearing loss caused by birth
c. Hearing loss caused by otitis media
d. Hearing loss caused by central problem
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
When fitting a patient with a PTA greater than 70 dB the best type of mold would
be:
a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
b. Lucite material with a short canal and no vent
c. Soft material with a short canal and IROS vent
d. All of the above
a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
Which is used with high frequency loss;
a. Small pressure vent
b. Long canal
c. Small diameter sound channel
d. Large diameter sound channel
d. Large diameter sound channel
If you have an BTE with an HFA SSPL 90 of 117 dB, Frequency range of 140-5600
Hz and an HFA FOG gain of 46 dB this would be for a:
a. Severe sensorineural loss
b. Severe HF sensorineural loss
c. Mild HF sensorineural loss
d. Moderate HG sensorineural loss
a. Severe sensorineural loss
BTE earmold used for normal hearing to 1000 Hz and a ski slope loss at 4000 Hz:
a. Lucite with a short canal and IROS "A" vent
b. Lucite with a long canal and reverse IROS "A"
c. Regular fitting with T-22 receiver
d. Soft with a long
a. Lucite with a short canal and IROS "A" vent
, What is used in the good ear in a CROS fitting:
a. Shell made of the soft material
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
c. Skeleton made of hard lucite
d. Non-occluding mold with short canal
d. Non-occluding mold with short canal
Which earmold is used for a high frequency loss:
a. Shell made of soft material
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
c. Skeleton made of hard lucite
d. All of the above
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
Which is a non-occluding earmold:
a. Free Field
b. Receiver
c. Shell
d. Soft
a. Free Field
What is the use for a Libby horn:
a. Give the patient only high frequencies.
b. Give the patient more power with high frequencies added
c. Give the patient only more power
d. Give the patient lower power
b. Give the patient more power with high frequencies added
Placing an earmold in the ear canal will:
a. Enhance the natural ear canal resonance
b. Eliminate the natural ear canal resonance
c. Result in the "tin ear effect"
d. Enhance the "horn effect"
b. Eliminate the natural ear canal resonance
A longer canal on an earmold:
a. Enhances low frequencies
b. Enhances high frequencies
c. Used only on very long canals
d. Always comes with a small pressure vent
a. Enhances low frequencies
Which of the following is NOT an earmold acoustical difference option:
a. Tubing diameter
b. Interaural Attenuation
c. Bore diameter
d. Knowles acoustic damper
b. Interaural Attenuation
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a "high frequency mold':
a. Non-occluding
b. Long canal
Answers
If a patient comes into your office with an audiogram showing a PTA 10 dB AD
and 50 dB AS with a flat configuration and 2K 5 dB peak, sensorineural and
reduced SDT scores you would be looking at:
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
b. Hearing loss caused by birth
c. Hearing loss caused by otitis media
d. Hearing loss caused by Meniere's
d. Hearing loss caused by Meniere's
If a patient comes into your office with an audiogram showing a sensorineural
PTA 50 dB AU with a notch at 4 K and reduced SDT scores you would be looking
at:
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
b. Hearing loss caused by birth
c. Hearing loss caused by otitis media
d. Hearing loss caused by central problem
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
When fitting a patient with a PTA greater than 70 dB the best type of mold would
be:
a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
b. Lucite material with a short canal and no vent
c. Soft material with a short canal and IROS vent
d. All of the above
a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
Which is used with high frequency loss;
a. Small pressure vent
b. Long canal
c. Small diameter sound channel
d. Large diameter sound channel
d. Large diameter sound channel
If you have an BTE with an HFA SSPL 90 of 117 dB, Frequency range of 140-5600
Hz and an HFA FOG gain of 46 dB this would be for a:
a. Severe sensorineural loss
b. Severe HF sensorineural loss
c. Mild HF sensorineural loss
d. Moderate HG sensorineural loss
a. Severe sensorineural loss
BTE earmold used for normal hearing to 1000 Hz and a ski slope loss at 4000 Hz:
a. Lucite with a short canal and IROS "A" vent
b. Lucite with a long canal and reverse IROS "A"
c. Regular fitting with T-22 receiver
d. Soft with a long
a. Lucite with a short canal and IROS "A" vent
, What is used in the good ear in a CROS fitting:
a. Shell made of the soft material
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
c. Skeleton made of hard lucite
d. Non-occluding mold with short canal
d. Non-occluding mold with short canal
Which earmold is used for a high frequency loss:
a. Shell made of soft material
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
c. Skeleton made of hard lucite
d. All of the above
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
Which is a non-occluding earmold:
a. Free Field
b. Receiver
c. Shell
d. Soft
a. Free Field
What is the use for a Libby horn:
a. Give the patient only high frequencies.
b. Give the patient more power with high frequencies added
c. Give the patient only more power
d. Give the patient lower power
b. Give the patient more power with high frequencies added
Placing an earmold in the ear canal will:
a. Enhance the natural ear canal resonance
b. Eliminate the natural ear canal resonance
c. Result in the "tin ear effect"
d. Enhance the "horn effect"
b. Eliminate the natural ear canal resonance
A longer canal on an earmold:
a. Enhances low frequencies
b. Enhances high frequencies
c. Used only on very long canals
d. Always comes with a small pressure vent
a. Enhances low frequencies
Which of the following is NOT an earmold acoustical difference option:
a. Tubing diameter
b. Interaural Attenuation
c. Bore diameter
d. Knowles acoustic damper
b. Interaural Attenuation
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a "high frequency mold':
a. Non-occluding
b. Long canal
