Mock Exam #3 Hearing Aid Dispenser Questions & Answers Verified 100% Correct!!

Mock Exam #3 Hearing Aid Dispenser Questions & Answers Verified 100% Correct!! If your patient has a fenestrated canal you would have to do which of the following when taking ear impressions: a. Use large or multiple otoblocks b. use normal type of otoblock c. use normal type of otoblock, but with the X-type of string d. none of the above a. Use large or multiple otoblocks If your patient is using a device on their hearing aid to exclude room conversation but is able to hear on the telephone the hearing aid would have an: a. MPO switch b. MBO switch c. MTO switch d. MSO switch c. MTO switch The use of ototoxic drugs would be most likely cause: a. bilateral sensorineural hearing loss b. Meniere's disease c. otosclerosis d. cerebral vascular accident a. bilateral sensorineural hearing loss A man comes into your office and says that his hearing instrument is not working. During your inspection you find that it is not converting the electrical impulses into sound waves. Which part is not working: a. microphone b. receiver c. amplifier d. potentiometer b. receiver In doing speech testing, if I start 15 to 20 dB over the PTA which test would I most likely be doing: a. UCL b. MCL c. SDT d. SRT d. SRT One test that is useful in determining the possibility of an acoustic neuroma is: a. PB Max b. SRT c. PI-PB rollover d. SAT c. PI-PB rollover One cause of the receiver to quit working is: a. the battery is only at 1.4v b. the battery is of the zinc air type c. external otitis d. perforation of the tympanic membrane c. external otitis If you have a patient with a pure tone air score of 45 dB with a pure tone bone score of 60 dB at 500 Hz what could have caused it: a. audiometer out of calibration b. improper placement of bone oscillator c. ambient noise d. all of the above d. all of the above audiometer out of calibration, improper placement of bone oscillator, ambient noise Input compression would help which of the following hearing problems: a. recruitment b. conductive component c. normal hearing d. conductive component in one ear and normal in the other a. recruitment Tinnitus cannot be caused by which of the following: a. smoking b. stress c. heavy dosages of aspirin d. atresia d. atresia If your patient has Meniere's syndrome, she would have which symptom: a. coughing b. vertigo c. itching d. all of the above b. vertigo What test would you use to get the patients ear cavity volume and acoustic reflex: a. impedance b. real ear c. impression d. Short Increment Sensitivity Index (SISI) a. impedance Which of the following is not used in determining retro cochlear problems: a. Short Increment Sensitivity Index (SISI) b. MCL c. Acoustic Reflex Decay d. Tone Decay Test b. MCL Internal feedback in an ITE aid can be caused by: a. cerumen impaction b. dislodged receiver tube c. dead battery d. improper physical fitting b. dislodged receiver tube A doctor has referred a new patient to your office and in her report she states that the patient impedance was normal. Impedance means: a. electroacoustic instrument b. outer ear function c. middle ear function d. inner ear function c. middle ear function Your patient uses a size 312 battery (150 mAh). His aid has a 2.30 ma drain. He wears the aid about 14 hours a day. Approximately how many days will the battery last: a. 3-5 days b. 5-10 days c. 10-15 days d. 15-20 days a. 3-5 days If a person has recruitment they would have: a. resonant problem b. abnormal growth in loudness c. hears two tones for every one that is produced d. conductive hearing loss b. abnormal growth in loudness Lateralization means: a. that the test tone is not heard b. that the test tone is heard in the ear being checked c. that the test tone is heard in the non test ear d. all of the above c. that the test tone is heard in the non test ear Which one of the following will cause a sensorineural hearing loss: a. occluded external auditory meatus, because of cerumen b. perforated tympanic membrane c. rubella d. closed eustachian tube c. rubella Inflammation of the inner ear can be called: a. labyrinthitis b. osteoporosis c. cerumenthitis d. vertigo a. labyrinthitis Mary a long time patient comes into your office and says that her right ear has been hurting for the past few days and wants you to take a look. When you look into her right ear you notice that she has a very red swollen canal and some whitish growth. What would you do: 1. tell her that she has external otitis and refer her to a Doctor 2. refer her to a Doctor 3. tell her not to use her hearing instrument till her Doctor has the problem under control 4. clean her ear for her and modify the shell of her hearing instrument so that it will now fit a. 1, 2, and 3 b. 1 and 3 c. 2 and 3 d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 c. 2 and 3 Exam to indicate issues with the retro cochlear pathway would be: a. impedance b. pure tone air c. tone decay d. otoscopic exam c. tone decay Patient complains of a plugged sensation in ear and the canals appear normal and clear. What type of tympanogram are you likely to see: a. A b. Ad c. C or B d. As c. C or B If the hearing instrument is found to be with in the manufacture requirements and your patient has a complaint of stopped up feeling, (she recently had a head cold). Which of the following would give you more information about the complain: a. impedance audiometry b. r/e measurement c. speech exams d. ABR a. impedance audiometry Patient comes in saying their hearing instrument is whistling all the time. What do you do to check the aid: a. otoscopic exam of the ear for wax b. evaluate the hearing aid placement in the ear c. hold finger over sound bore and vent d. all of the above d. all of the above otoscopic exam of the ear for wax, evaluate the hearing aid placement in the ear, hold finger over sound bore and vent When doing otoscopic exams for ear impressions: a. surgically altered ear b. traumatically deformed ear c. cone of light d. all of the above d. all of the above surgically altered ear, traumatically deformed ear, and cone of light Discrimination %: Right 72 Left 80 Presentation Level dB: Right 75 Left 75 SRT Right 40 Left 40 MCL Right 75 Left 75 UCL Right 95 Left 95 Mr. Smith was referred for an audiologic evaluation with the complaint of social hearing loss. His history included occupational noise exposure from a factory, as well as familial hearing loss. He has been wearing one hearing instrument on AD since '91. Went back to the same dealer two weeks ago, felt man was playing a scam by plugging the receiver and telling him the aid was dead. His Hearing Handicap inventory score was 12 revealing a perceived mild/moderate hearing problem. His tinnitus is high pitched buzzing. Otoscopic examination of the ear canals appears normal and clear bilaterally. The audiogram suggests he is functioning with a mild to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss with good word and understanding bilaterally only at optimal listening levels. This information was received with Mr. Smith and binaural hearing instruments were recommended. Impressions were taken of both ears and he will be seen for follow-up visits to assure a successful fitting. When you were doing his exam, you noticed that he was giving you results that were improper. What would your next course of action be: a. stop the exam and reinstruct b. finish the exam and change the answers to the proper place c. reschedule him for an appointment within 30 days and try again with a warning that he needs to do better d. all of the above a. stop the exam and reinstruct Discrimination %: Right 72 Left 80 Presentation Level dB: Right 75 Left 75 SRT Right 40 Left 40 MCL Right 75 Left 75 UCL Right 95 Left 95 Mr. Smith was referred for an audiologic evaluation with the complaint of social hearing loss. His history included occupational noise exposure from a factory, as well as familial hearing loss. He has been wearing one hearing instrument on AD since '91. Went back to the same dealer two weeks ago, felt man was playing a scam by plugging the receiver and telling him the aid was dead. His Hearing Handicap inventory score was 12 revealing a perceived mild/moderate hearing problem. His tinnitus is high pitched buzzing. Otoscopic examination of the ear canals appears normal and clear bilaterally. The audiogram suggests he is functioning with a mild to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss with good