AUDIOLOGY PRAXIS PRACTICE TEST
EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL
DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
During mapping sessions (programming of the device) for
cochlear implant recipients, audiologists may adjust several
parameters. What is the most important aspect of the
programming to adjust?
A. Input dynamic range
B. Stimulus levels
C. Gain settings
D. Pulse width - ANSWERS-B
Cochlear implants (CI) are typically programmed for each
patient based on auditory perceptions in response to
electrical stimuli. When a patient's device is initially
,activated, stimulation levels can change frequently while
the patient is learning to listen with the cochlear implant.
Stimulation levels can increase during the beginning of a
patient's CI experience, but eventually a plateau is reached
and stimulation levels hover in a certain clinical unit range.
Test-retest variability in a client's suprathreshold and word-
recognition score is influenced by both the number of test
items or words and the initial suprathreshold word-
recognition score. The largest test-retest variability can be
expected to occur with which of the following combinations
of number of test items or words and initial suprathreshold
word-recognition score?
A. 50 words 10%
B. 50 words 50%
C. 25 words 10%
D. 25 words 50% - ANSWERS-D
Variability depends on the number of test items or words
that are used, as well as on the patient's true recognition
ability, since scores in the middle of the distribution are
more variable.
,While performing tympanometry on a patient, an
audiologist obtains a seal on the patient's test ear, which
has a large external canal, but the seal is lost intermittently
whenever the patient swallows. Which of the following is
the most likely cause of the problem?
A. Eustachian tube dysfunction
B. A collapsed canal
C. Otitis media
D. A perforated tympanic membrane - ANSWERS-D
The volume of the external canal is large; the scenario
suggests the possibility of a perforated membrane, which is
even more likely because of the ear's failure to maintain the
seal.
An absent stapedial acoustic reflex can result from which of
the following?
A. A patent eustachian tube
B. A space-occupying lesion of the midbrain
C. A 35 dB35 decibels HL noise-induced hearing loss
D. Bell's palsy - ANSWERS-D
, Absent reflexes have been observed in individuals with
facial nerve paralysis.
Two audiologists in private practice together discuss hearing
aid pricing and verbally agree on fee-for-service prices.
During the second quarter, business slows down, so
Audiologist B decides to discount hearing aids by 20
percent. Two patients who are friends are fitted with
identical hearing aids, one by Audiologist A and one by
Audiologist B. Through conversation, the friends discover
that the one who bought from Audiologist B paid 20 percent
less. The individuals complain to their respective
audiologists and threaten to report them to the licensure
board and to ASHA. Which of the following best describes
this situation?
A. Both audiologists are professionals and can set their own
fee-for-service prices.
B. Although the practice is not illegal, it can be construed as
unethical.
C. The situation is both illegal and unethical.
D. The situation provides grounds for a lawsuit. - ANSWERS-
B
EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL
DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
During mapping sessions (programming of the device) for
cochlear implant recipients, audiologists may adjust several
parameters. What is the most important aspect of the
programming to adjust?
A. Input dynamic range
B. Stimulus levels
C. Gain settings
D. Pulse width - ANSWERS-B
Cochlear implants (CI) are typically programmed for each
patient based on auditory perceptions in response to
electrical stimuli. When a patient's device is initially
,activated, stimulation levels can change frequently while
the patient is learning to listen with the cochlear implant.
Stimulation levels can increase during the beginning of a
patient's CI experience, but eventually a plateau is reached
and stimulation levels hover in a certain clinical unit range.
Test-retest variability in a client's suprathreshold and word-
recognition score is influenced by both the number of test
items or words and the initial suprathreshold word-
recognition score. The largest test-retest variability can be
expected to occur with which of the following combinations
of number of test items or words and initial suprathreshold
word-recognition score?
A. 50 words 10%
B. 50 words 50%
C. 25 words 10%
D. 25 words 50% - ANSWERS-D
Variability depends on the number of test items or words
that are used, as well as on the patient's true recognition
ability, since scores in the middle of the distribution are
more variable.
,While performing tympanometry on a patient, an
audiologist obtains a seal on the patient's test ear, which
has a large external canal, but the seal is lost intermittently
whenever the patient swallows. Which of the following is
the most likely cause of the problem?
A. Eustachian tube dysfunction
B. A collapsed canal
C. Otitis media
D. A perforated tympanic membrane - ANSWERS-D
The volume of the external canal is large; the scenario
suggests the possibility of a perforated membrane, which is
even more likely because of the ear's failure to maintain the
seal.
An absent stapedial acoustic reflex can result from which of
the following?
A. A patent eustachian tube
B. A space-occupying lesion of the midbrain
C. A 35 dB35 decibels HL noise-induced hearing loss
D. Bell's palsy - ANSWERS-D
, Absent reflexes have been observed in individuals with
facial nerve paralysis.
Two audiologists in private practice together discuss hearing
aid pricing and verbally agree on fee-for-service prices.
During the second quarter, business slows down, so
Audiologist B decides to discount hearing aids by 20
percent. Two patients who are friends are fitted with
identical hearing aids, one by Audiologist A and one by
Audiologist B. Through conversation, the friends discover
that the one who bought from Audiologist B paid 20 percent
less. The individuals complain to their respective
audiologists and threaten to report them to the licensure
board and to ASHA. Which of the following best describes
this situation?
A. Both audiologists are professionals and can set their own
fee-for-service prices.
B. Although the practice is not illegal, it can be construed as
unethical.
C. The situation is both illegal and unethical.
D. The situation provides grounds for a lawsuit. - ANSWERS-
B
