Review of Hearing Screening
questions well answered
Hearing screening should be initially administered to children at a young age, since early special
education of children with hearing loss is vital. - correct answer ✔✔ Two physical attributes
used to define a pure tone are frequency and intensity.
Hertz (Hz) is the unit of frequency. - correct answer ✔✔ The unit of measure for intensity is the
decibel (dB).
Frequency and intensity are physical characteristics of sound. The ear perceives frequency as
pitch and intensity as loudness. - correct answer ✔✔ The ear is divided into three parts: outer
ear, middle ear, and inner ear.
Three types of hearing loss are conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and mixed
hearing loss. - correct answer ✔✔ Symptoms of hearing loss include pain, discharge, ringing,
straining to hear, dizziness, need for loud volume on TV or radio, and favoring of one ear.
Conductive hearing loss occurs when a problem in the external or middle ear prevents sound
from being conducted properly to the inner ear. - correct answer ✔✔ A sensorineural hearing
loss results from impaired function of the inner ear and/or neural pathways of the auditory
system.
A mixed hearing loss has a significant conductive component and a significant sensorineural
component. - correct answer ✔✔ Otitis media, or ear infection, is the single most frequent
cause of hearing loss in children.
questions well answered
Hearing screening should be initially administered to children at a young age, since early special
education of children with hearing loss is vital. - correct answer ✔✔ Two physical attributes
used to define a pure tone are frequency and intensity.
Hertz (Hz) is the unit of frequency. - correct answer ✔✔ The unit of measure for intensity is the
decibel (dB).
Frequency and intensity are physical characteristics of sound. The ear perceives frequency as
pitch and intensity as loudness. - correct answer ✔✔ The ear is divided into three parts: outer
ear, middle ear, and inner ear.
Three types of hearing loss are conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and mixed
hearing loss. - correct answer ✔✔ Symptoms of hearing loss include pain, discharge, ringing,
straining to hear, dizziness, need for loud volume on TV or radio, and favoring of one ear.
Conductive hearing loss occurs when a problem in the external or middle ear prevents sound
from being conducted properly to the inner ear. - correct answer ✔✔ A sensorineural hearing
loss results from impaired function of the inner ear and/or neural pathways of the auditory
system.
A mixed hearing loss has a significant conductive component and a significant sensorineural
component. - correct answer ✔✔ Otitis media, or ear infection, is the single most frequent
cause of hearing loss in children.
