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NEW ILE PREP FINAL ACTUAL EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS NEWLY MODIFIED
2025/2026 NEWEST
Recruitment is most common in
a.Conductive hearing losses
b. Central auditory processing disorders
c. Sensorineural hearing losses
d. Mixed hearing losses -- ANSWER--c
A 54-year-old male patient/client with normal hearing through 1KHz followed by a
precipitous drop in thresholds would do best with
a. Non-occluding earmolds
b. Skeleton earmolds with select-a-vent
c. ITC instruments
d. A compression circuit -- ANSWER--a
Impacted cerumen
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a. Will not interfere with impression taking
b. Should be surgically removed
c. Will have little effect on audiometric tests
d. Should be removed prior to audiometric evaluation -- ANSWER--d
Your patient/client has a very soft, flaccid outer ear. Due to the shape of the pinna it is
recommended h have a skeleton ear mold made. What earmold material would work best for
his ear texture, AND what anatomical sections of the outer ear must be included in the ear
impression in order for the skeleton m to be a success?
a. Acrylic material; antitragus, concha bowl, triangular fossa
b. Silicone material; concha bowl, antitragus, helix
c. Acrylic material; antitragus, concha bowl, antihelix
d. Silicone material; antitragus, triangular fossa, antihelix -- ANSWER--c
Your patient/client is concerned that when their hearing aids are off during the night they will
not hear alarm clock in the morning. What are two assistive devices that could help them? a.
Alarm clock with bed shaker
b. Alarm clock with high frequency alarm signal
c. Sound signaler that activates bedside lamp to flash
d. Telephone wake-up call -- ANSWER--A & C
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You are performing a first fit with a BTE and custom earmold with SAV venting. Although
you have run your feedback manager they are still getting a lot of feedback. You do not want
to them to lose any mo gain in the high frequencies. What should you do?
A. Make a new earmold as it must be a poor fit issue
B. Tell them that their hearing aid is just going to feedback
C. Use vent plugs to reduce the vent size until feedback is reduced
D. Fill their vent with glue so that they do not get feedback -- ANSWER--C
What type of earmold should you use when fitting a CROS hearing device?
A. full shell
b. half shell
c. free field
c. full shell with SAV venting -- ANSWER--c
When obtaining audiometric thresholds 1000 Hz is tested twice because
a. Test/retest reliability needs to be established
b. It is the most important speech frequency
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c. It is the hardest tone to hear
d. Both A and B -- ANSWER--a
Which of the following is not an advantage for using acrylic earmolds?
a. extremely durable
b. easily modified in the office
c. better seal for profound hearing loss
d. more easily inserted -- ANSWER--c
When taking an ear impression why might your patient cough?
a. It's a normal response to cough when nervous
b. It's a normal response to cough when Arnold's Reflex is elicited
c. It's a normal response to cough when the Stapedial Reflex is elicited
d. Stop, use universal precautions and wear a mask, as the client may be contagious --
ANSWER--b
Which of the following statements is most true about the use of gloves?
a. Gloves are considered one-time use and should be disposed of after each use.
b. Gloves can be reused as long as they were not contaminated with blood or other bodily
fluids.
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NEW ILE PREP FINAL ACTUAL EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS NEWLY MODIFIED
2025/2026 NEWEST
Recruitment is most common in
a.Conductive hearing losses
b. Central auditory processing disorders
c. Sensorineural hearing losses
d. Mixed hearing losses -- ANSWER--c
A 54-year-old male patient/client with normal hearing through 1KHz followed by a
precipitous drop in thresholds would do best with
a. Non-occluding earmolds
b. Skeleton earmolds with select-a-vent
c. ITC instruments
d. A compression circuit -- ANSWER--a
Impacted cerumen
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a. Will not interfere with impression taking
b. Should be surgically removed
c. Will have little effect on audiometric tests
d. Should be removed prior to audiometric evaluation -- ANSWER--d
Your patient/client has a very soft, flaccid outer ear. Due to the shape of the pinna it is
recommended h have a skeleton ear mold made. What earmold material would work best for
his ear texture, AND what anatomical sections of the outer ear must be included in the ear
impression in order for the skeleton m to be a success?
a. Acrylic material; antitragus, concha bowl, triangular fossa
b. Silicone material; concha bowl, antitragus, helix
c. Acrylic material; antitragus, concha bowl, antihelix
d. Silicone material; antitragus, triangular fossa, antihelix -- ANSWER--c
Your patient/client is concerned that when their hearing aids are off during the night they will
not hear alarm clock in the morning. What are two assistive devices that could help them? a.
Alarm clock with bed shaker
b. Alarm clock with high frequency alarm signal
c. Sound signaler that activates bedside lamp to flash
d. Telephone wake-up call -- ANSWER--A & C
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You are performing a first fit with a BTE and custom earmold with SAV venting. Although
you have run your feedback manager they are still getting a lot of feedback. You do not want
to them to lose any mo gain in the high frequencies. What should you do?
A. Make a new earmold as it must be a poor fit issue
B. Tell them that their hearing aid is just going to feedback
C. Use vent plugs to reduce the vent size until feedback is reduced
D. Fill their vent with glue so that they do not get feedback -- ANSWER--C
What type of earmold should you use when fitting a CROS hearing device?
A. full shell
b. half shell
c. free field
c. full shell with SAV venting -- ANSWER--c
When obtaining audiometric thresholds 1000 Hz is tested twice because
a. Test/retest reliability needs to be established
b. It is the most important speech frequency
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c. It is the hardest tone to hear
d. Both A and B -- ANSWER--a
Which of the following is not an advantage for using acrylic earmolds?
a. extremely durable
b. easily modified in the office
c. better seal for profound hearing loss
d. more easily inserted -- ANSWER--c
When taking an ear impression why might your patient cough?
a. It's a normal response to cough when nervous
b. It's a normal response to cough when Arnold's Reflex is elicited
c. It's a normal response to cough when the Stapedial Reflex is elicited
d. Stop, use universal precautions and wear a mask, as the client may be contagious --
ANSWER--b
Which of the following statements is most true about the use of gloves?
a. Gloves are considered one-time use and should be disposed of after each use.
b. Gloves can be reused as long as they were not contaminated with blood or other bodily
fluids.
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