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Basic Audiology MCQ

What is the tectorial membrane?

A bone in the ear

The cilia of the outer hair cells

A fluid in the inner ear.

A gelatinous tissue mass located above the hair cells.

Answer

Correct Answer: A gelatinous tissue mass located above the hair cells.

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What does TDD stand for?

Toe Divinity Dance

Tyler Durden Design

Test-driven development

Telecommunication device for the deaf.

Answer

Correct Answer: Telecommunication device for the deaf.

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What does screening (hearing) generally not include?

Assessing an individual's hearing

Testing for

The actual assessment of an individual's thresholds.

In-depth evaluation of the auditory system

Answer

Correct Answer: The actual assessment of an individual's thresholds.

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What does "Screening (Hearing)" assess?

The gustatory system

The auditory system

The olfactory system

The visual system

Answer

Correct Answer: The auditory system

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What is the scala vestibuli?

A type of hair cell in the cochlea.

The section of the cochlea that is above Reissner's membrane and contains perilymph.

The section of the cochlea that is below Reissner's membrane and contains perilymph.

The connective tissue that holds the cochlea in place.

Answer

Correct Answer: The section of the cochlea that is above Reissner's membrane and contains perilymph.

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Which of the following is true about scala tympani?

It is the section of the cochlea that is below the basilar membrane.

It is perilymph.

It contains endolymph.

It is the section of the cochlea that is above the basilar membrane.

Answer

Correct Answer: It is the section of the cochlea that is below the basilar membrane.

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Which statement best describes scala tympani?

Scala tympani is the section of the cochlea that is above the basilar membrane and contains endolymph.

Scala tympani is the section of the cochlea that is above the basilar membrane and contains perilymph.

Scala tympani is the section of the cochlea that is below the basilar membrane and contains perilymph.

Scala tympani is the section of the cochlea that is below the basilar membrane and contains endolymph.

Answer

Correct Answer: Scala tympani is the section of the cochlea that is below the basilar membrane and contains perilymph.

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What is at the bottom of scala media?

Scala vestibuli

Basilar membrane

Scala tympani

Oval window

Answer

Correct Answer: Basilar membrane

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What is Scala Media?

Reissner's membrane

Basilar membrane

The middle section of the cochlea

Scala tympani

Answer

Correct Answer: The middle section of the cochlea

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Which structure, located in the vestibule of the inner ear, senses "straight line" head motion?

Cochlea

Saccule

Vestibule

Utricle

Answer

Correct Answer: Saccule

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Saccule is located in which structure of the ear?

Cochlea

Labyrinth

Semi-circular canals

Vestibule

Answer

Correct Answer: Vestibule

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What does Real Ear Unaided Response measure?

The sound measurement achieved by a probe tube placed into an ear canal without a hearing aid in it.

The sound measurement achieved by a probe tube placed into an ear canal with a hearing aid in it.

The natural resonance of an ear canal.

Answer

Correct Answer: The sound measurement achieved by a probe tube placed into an ear canal without a hearing aid in it.

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What is the sound measurement achieved by a probe tube placed into an ear canal called?

Real Ear UnOccluded Response

Real Time Occluded Response

Real Ear Occluded Response

Real Time UnOccluded Response

Answer

Correct Answer: Real Ear Occluded Response

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What does REAR stand for in Real Ear Aided Response?

Real Ear Aided Response

Radially Expanding Auditory Recession

Reticular External Auditory Response

Random External Auditory Response

Answer

Correct Answer: Real Ear Aided Response

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What does a Real Ear A measurement show?

The performance of a hearing aid while present in the user's ear.

The user's blood pressure.

The user's temperature.

The user's weight.

Answer

Correct Answer: The performance of a hearing aid while present in the user's ear.

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What does "Quality of Life" refer to in hearing terms?

The increased ability to enjoy and pursue daily activities when a hearing loss is addressed with amplification.

The inability to enjoy and pursue daily activities when a hearing loss is addressed with amplification.

The increased ability to enjoy and pursue daily activities when a hearing loss is not addressed with amplification.

The increased ability to enjoy and pursue daily activities when a hearing loss is addressed with medication.

Answer

Correct Answer: The increased ability to enjoy and pursue daily activities when a hearing loss is addressed with amplification.

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What does a Pediatric Audiologist specialize in?

The evaluation and (re)habilitation of children.

The study of hearing and balance disorders in children.

The prevention of hearing and balance disorders in children.

The treatment of hearing and balance disorders in children.

Answer

Correct Answer: The evaluation and (re)habilitation of children.

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What is the eustachian tube?

The area of the brain responsible for hearing

A muscle that helps to open and close the eustachian tube

A tube that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose

The part of the ear that is responsible for balance

Answer

Correct Answer: A tube that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose

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What is the Patulous Eustachian Tube?

A condition in which the eustachian tube, which normally does not open and close, remains closed.

A condition in which the eustachian tube, which normally opens and closes, remains closed.

A condition in which the eustachian tube, which normally does not open and close, remains open.

A condition in which the eustachian tube, which normally opens and closes, remains open.

Answer

Correct Answer: A condition in which the eustachian tube, which normally opens and closes, remains open.

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What does Pars Tensa contain?

The outer layer

The membrane

The inner layer

The fibrous middle layer

Answer

Correct Answer: The fibrous middle layer

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What is Pars Flaccida?

The portion of the tympanic membrane that does contain a fibrous middle layer

The skin layer of the tympanic membrane

The portion of the tympanic membrane that does not contain a fibrous middle layer

The mucous membrane layer of the tympanic membrane

Answer

Correct Answer: The portion of the tympanic membrane that does not contain a fibrous middle layer

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Why are pressure equalization tubes placed into the tympanic membrane?

To relieve pain in the ear.

To keep pressure levels in the middle ear cavity equal to atmospheric pressure.

To help the doctor see the inside of the ear better.

To allow air to pass from the middle ear to the back of the throat.

Answer

Correct Answer: To keep pressure levels in the middle ear cavity equal to atmospheric pressure.

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What is an oscillator?

A device that is used to produce vibrations

A device that is used to measure vibrations

A device that is used to produce sound

A device that is used to destroy vibrations

Answer

Correct Answer: A device that is used to produce vibrations

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What is the name of the structure that contains the special sensory receptors inside of the spiral cochlea?

Spiral Cochlea

Organ of Corti

Basilar Membrane

Hair cells

Answer

Correct Answer: Organ of Corti

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What is the full form of BTE?

Below The Ear

Behind The Ear

Back The Ear

Beside The Ear

Answer

Correct Answer: Behind The Ear

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What does the acronym "OTE" stand for?

On-The-Ear

Optimal Tissue Election

Opposite ear hearing aid

Open ear hearing aid

Answer

Correct Answer: On-The-Ear

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What is occupational hearing loss?

A cold

The hearing loss associated with the exposure to loud sounds in a work environment.

AIDS

The flu

Answer

Correct Answer: The hearing loss associated with the exposure to loud sounds in a work environment.

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What is the sensation that results from "plugging up" the ear canal with cerumen, an un-vented hearing aid, or a foreign body?

Hyperacusis

Tinnitus

Occlusion

Deafness

Answer

Correct Answer: Occlusion

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What is nonorganic hearing loss?

Hearing Loss not associated with physical dysfunction of auditory system

Temporary Hearing Loss

Naural hearing loss

Permanent Hearing Loss

Answer

Correct Answer: Hearing Loss not associated with physical dysfunction of auditory system

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What does "non-linear" refer to in the context of hearing aids?

That the sound is not amplified at a consistent level.

That the amount of gain added to an incoming sound varies based on the intensity of the sound.

That the hearing aid is not worn in the ear.

That the hearing aid does not require batteries.

Answer

Correct Answer: That the amount of gain added to an incoming sound varies based on the intensity of the sound.

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Which of the following is true about noise-induced hearing loss?

The hearing loss is worse on the side of exposure and is most pronounced in the higher frequencies.

The hearing loss is better on the side of exposure and is most pronounced in the lower frequencies.

The hearing loss is better on the side of exposure and is most pronounced in the higher frequencies.

The hearing loss is worse on the side of exposure and is most pronounced in the lower frequencies.

Answer

Correct Answer: The hearing loss is worse on the side of exposure and is most pronounced in the higher frequencies.

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What are unmyelinated segments of axons between myelin sheathes called?

Nodes of Ranvier

Dendrites

Synaptic cleft

Myelin sheath

Answer

Correct Answer: Nodes of Ranvier

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What is the Node of Ranvier?

Unmyelinated segments of axons, between the myelin sheathes that cover the axon.

The place where the cell stores energy

The outside of the cell membrane

The area where the dendrites and axon come together

Answer

Correct Answer: Unmyelinated segments of axons, between the myelin sheathes that cover the axon.

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What are mastoid air cells?

The opening between the middle ear and pneumaticized (air-filled) mastoid cells.

Connective tissue that binds muscle to bone.

A narrow, bony canal that transmits sound waves to the inner ear.

Openings in bone, filled with air, that are linked to the middle ear space.

Answer

Correct Answer: Openings in bone, filled with air, that are linked to the middle ear space.

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Which of the following is not true about mastoid air cells?

The opening between the middle ear and pneumaticized (air-filled) mastoid cells is the aditus.

Mastoid air cells are openings in bone that are filled with air.

The opening between the middle ear and pneumaticized (air-filled) mastoid cells is the eustachian tube.

Mastoid air cells are linked to the inner ear space.

Answer

Correct Answer: The opening between the middle ear and pneumaticized (air-filled) mastoid cells is the eustachian tube.

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What is the purpose of masking noise?

To teach people how to lip read

To make people feel more comfortable in silence

To cover up an unwanted sound

To help people fall asleep

Answer

Correct Answer: To cover up an unwanted sound

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What is a Masking noise?

A sound that is produced by a muscle spasm

A device used to measure hearing

A device used to clean the ear canal

A sound introduced into an ear system for the purpose of covering up an unwanted sound.

Answer

Correct Answer: A sound introduced into an ear system for the purpose of covering up an unwanted sound.

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What is the manubrium of the malleus?

The portion of the malleus that attaches to the incus; the "handle" of the malleus.

The portion of the incus that attaches to the stapes; the "handle" of the incus.

The portion of the malleus that attaches to the tympanic membrane; the "handle" of the malleus.

The portion of the stapes that attaches to the tympanic membrane; the "handle" of the stapes.

Answer

Correct Answer: The portion of the malleus that attaches to the tympanic membrane; the "handle" of the malleus.

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Which of the following is NOT a function of the Malleus?

The first bone in the ossicular chain

A hammer-shaped bone

Attached to the stapes

Connected to the eardrum

Answer

Correct Answer: Connected to the eardrum

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Malleus is the first/hammer-shaped bone in the ossicular chain, that is attached to the eardrum.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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What is Malingering?

The faking of an illness for social or financial reasons.

The faking of a mental illness for social or financial reasons.

The faking of a hearing loss for social or financial reasons.

The faking of a physical disability for social or financial reasons.

Answer

Correct Answer: The faking of a hearing loss for social or financial reasons.

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What is the Levator Veils Palatini Muscle responsible for?

One of those responsible for closing the Eustachian tube.

One of those responsible for opening the mouth.

One of those responsible for opening the nasal cavity.

One of those responsible for opening the Eustachian tube.

Answer

Correct Answer: One of those responsible for opening the Eustachian tube.

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Which of the following is not a function of the Levator Veli Palatini Muscle?

Muscular actions of the soft palate.

Opening the Eustachian tube.

Closing the Eustachian tube.

Answer

Correct Answer: Opening the Eustachian tube.

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Lateralization occurs when an individual hears a sound on:

From a distance

In the middle

One side

Both sides

Answer

Correct Answer: One side

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What is the Lateral Lemniscus?

A type of pasta

A constellation

Nucleus of the auditory system located after superior olive, but prior to inferior colliculus.

The capital of Latvia

Answer

Correct Answer: Nucleus of the auditory system located after superior olive, but prior to inferior colliculus.

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What is the main cause of Language Development Disorder (Hearing Related)?

The child's lack of speech

The child's visual impairment

The child's lack of social interaction

The child's hearing loss

Answer

Correct Answer: The child's hearing loss

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What is the Labyrinth?

A structure in the shape of a maze

The hollowed-out area of the skull's temporal bone that contains the cochlea and parts of the balance system.

A passageway or path associated with mazes

A large room or chamber

Answer

Correct Answer: The hollowed-out area of the skull's temporal bone that contains the cochlea and parts of the balance system.

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What is the kneepoint?

The sound level at which a compression device inside a hearing aid starts to function.

The amount of time it takes for a hearing aid to amplify a signal.

The frequency response of a hearing aid at high input levels.

Answer

Correct Answer: The sound level at which a compression device inside a hearing aid starts to function.

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What is the sound level at which a compression device inside a hearing aid starts to function?

Decibels

Kneepoint

Earpoint

Wavelength

Answer

Correct Answer: Kneepoint

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What does kHz stand for?

Thousands of hertz

KiloBytes per second

Kibibytes per second

Kilohertz

Answer

Correct Answer: Thousands of hertz

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What is infrared A?

A signal used by some assistive listening devices to send sound via infrared light waves.

A device that helps the user to hear better

A device that allows the user to see in the dark

A way to send sound through the air

Answer

Correct Answer: A signal used by some assistive listening devices to send sound via infrared light waves.

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What does infrared A signal do?

Sends sound via sonar waves

Sends sound via infrared light waves

Sends sound via ultrasonic waves

Sends sound via radio waves

Answer

Correct Answer: Sends sound via infrared light waves

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What is the telecoil inside of a hearing aid activated by?

Solar power

Water

Battery power

Electro-magnetic energy

Answer

Correct Answer: Electro-magnetic energy

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What is the telecoil inside of a hearing aid that is activated by electro-magnetic energy coming from a telephone or assistive listening device?

Evanescent Coil

Receiver Coil

Induction Coil

Transmitter Coil

Answer

Correct Answer: Induction Coil

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Which of the following is not a type of Hearing Aid?

Completely-In-The-Canal

Behind-The-Ear

In-The-Ear

In-The-Canal

Answer

Correct Answer: In-The-Canal

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What does the term "in situ" mean?

On the move

External

In place

Stationary

Answer

Correct Answer: In place

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What is an Impression?

A sound-transmitting device

A mold of the concha and ear canal made by a hearing healthcare professional

A hearing aid that sits in and seals the user's ear appropriately

A device used to produce custom-fit hearing aids

Answer

Correct Answer: A mold of the concha and ear canal made by a hearing healthcare professional

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What is impedance?

The rate of flow of energy

The total amount of energy

The amount of free energy in a system.

A measure of an object or medium's resistance to energy flow.

Answer

Correct Answer: A measure of an object or medium's resistance to energy flow.

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What does impedance mean?

A measure of an object's or medium's resistance to heat

The ability to conduct electricity

The ability of a material to absorb sound

A measure of an object's or medium's resistance to energy flow

Answer

Correct Answer: A measure of an object's or medium's resistance to energy flow

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What does a hearing aid dispenser do?

Fixes hearing aids

Trains people to use hearing aids

Sells hearing aids

Person licensed by the state to dispense hearing aids

Answer

Correct Answer: Person licensed by the state to dispense hearing aids

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A hearing aid dispenser is a person who is licensed by the state to dispense hearing aids.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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What does a hearing aid do?

Records sound

Amplifies sound

Plays sound

Filters sound

Answer

Correct Answer: Amplifies sound

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The head shadow effect is when a sound source _____.

Is more intense when measured on the other side of the head

Has to make its way around the head

Is presented on one side of the head

Is less intense when measured on the other side of the head

Answer

Correct Answer: Is less intense when measured on the other side of the head

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Hard of hearing individuals are _____

Severely deaf

Not deaf

Profoundly deaf

Mildly deaf

Answer

Correct Answer: Not deaf

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What is the term used to describe hearing-impaired individuals with mild to severe/profound hearing impairment who are not deaf?

Deaf

Hard Of Hearing

Speech Impaired

Partially Deaf

Answer

Correct Answer: Hard Of Hearing

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What are hair cells?

Cells present in the cochlea that convert the mechanical energy present in sound vibrations into electrical activity

The cells that give hair its color

The cells responsible for hair growth

Cells that produce keratin

Answer

Correct Answer: Cells present in the cochlea that convert the mechanical energy present in sound vibrations into electrical activity

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What does the VIIIth cranial nerve do?

Helps with balance

Stimulates hair cells

Converts mechanical energy into electrical activity

Carries the impulse to the brain

Answer

Correct Answer: Carries the impulse to the brain

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What is congenital hearing loss?

Hearing loss that affects only one ear.

Hearing loss that is caused by loud noises.

Hearing loss that gradually develops over time.

Hearing loss that is present at or before birth.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hearing loss that is present at or before birth.

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Hearing loss that is present at or before birth is known as _____.

Congenital hearing loss

Fetal hearing loss

Postnatal hearing loss

Prenatal hearing loss

Answer

Correct Answer: Congenital hearing loss

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What is the footplate attached to?

The malleus

The vestibular window

The two crura

The incus

Answer

Correct Answer: The two crura

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What is Fistula?

A 5th century BC Greek historian

A type of hearing loss and dizziness

A condition in which the inner ear fluid (perilymph) leaks into the middle ear

An abnormal hole or rupture in the window that connects the middle ear cavity and the cochlea

Answer

Correct Answer: An abnormal hole or rupture in the window that connects the middle ear cavity and the cochlea

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Which of the following is true about Fistula?

Fistula is a condition that results in hearing loss and dizziness.

Fistula is an abnormal hole or rupture in the window that connects the middle ear cavity and the cochlea.

There is no cure for Fistula.

Fistula occurs when inner ear fluid leaks into the middle ear.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fistula is an abnormal hole or rupture in the window that connects the middle ear cavity and the cochlea.

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What is Feedback Suppressor Or Cancellor Technology?

A type of hearing aid that is designed to reduce feedback.

A technology that is designed to limit the amount of feedback experienced by hearing aid users.

A technology that is designed to increase the amount of feedback experienced by hearing aid users.

A type of hearing aid that is designed to alter the phase of the signal to control feedback.

Answer

Correct Answer: A technology that is designed to limit the amount of feedback experienced by hearing aid users.

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What is the high-pitched whistling sound called that can be emitted by a hearing aid?

Echoing

Resonance

Feedback

Reverberation

Answer

Correct Answer: Feedback

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What is the chemical composition of endolymph?

Equal amounts of sodium and potassium.

High in potassium, and relatively low in sodium.

No sodium or potassium.

High in sodium, and relatively low in potassium.

Answer

Correct Answer: High in potassium, and relatively low in sodium.

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What does endolymph do?

It is a fluid in the cochlea and vestibular system.

It is a fluid in the membranous labyrinth.

It is a fluid in the scala media.

It is a fluid in the cochlea and the scala media.

Answer

Correct Answer: It is a fluid in the cochlea and vestibular system.

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What is the Eighth Cranial Nerve commonly known as?

The acoustic or auditory nerve

The trigeminal nerve

The vagus nerve

The glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer

Correct Answer: The acoustic or auditory nerve

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What is the purpose of an earhook on a Behind-The-Ear hearing aid?

To protect the ear

To hold the aid in place

To connect the aid's casing to the tubing

To amplify sound

Answer

Correct Answer: To connect the aid's casing to the tubing

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What is the eardrum also known as?

The tympanic membrane

The stapes

The incus

The malleus

Answer

Correct Answer: The tympanic membrane

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What tunnels the sound from the pinna to the ear drum?

The pinna

The external auditory meatus.

The ear canal

The temporal bone

Answer

Correct Answer: The external auditory meatus.

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What is the external auditory meatus?

The area where the ear drum (tympanic membrane) is attached to the bones of the middle ear

The ear canal that helps to protect the ear from debris

The innermost part of the ear that helps to transmit sound waves

The hole in the temporal bone that tunnels the sound from the pinna to the ear drum (tympanic membrane)

Answer

Correct Answer: The hole in the temporal bone that tunnels the sound from the pinna to the ear drum (tympanic membrane)

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What does a Clinical Audiologist specialize in?

The assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of hearing, vision, and balance disorders.

The assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.

The assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of vision and balance disorders.

The assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of hearing and vision disorders.

Answer

Correct Answer: The assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.

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What is the name for noises in the output of a hearing aid that are due to the function of the hearing aid's mechanism?

Physical noise

Circuit noise

Transmitter noise

Battery noise

Answer

Correct Answer: Circuit noise

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What are cilia?

The bones of the middle ear

Tiny hairlike projections on a cell

Small, bean-shaped organs in the ear that help to regulate balance

Tiny projections on cells that help the cell to move

Answer

Correct Answer: Tiny hairlike projections on a cell

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What is Cholesteatoma?

A malignant expanding mass which can form in the middle ear cavity.

A benign expanding mass which can form in the middle ear cavity.

A benign expanding mass which can form in the throat.

A benign expanding mass which can form in the sinus cavity.

Answer

Correct Answer: A benign expanding mass which can form in the middle ear cavity.

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What does cerebellopontine angle refer to?

The area where the VIII nerve enters the brainstem

The area where the pons enters the brainstem

The area where the cerebellum enters the brainstem

The area where the cortex enters the brainstem

Answer

Correct Answer: The area where the VIII nerve enters the brainstem

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What is the name of the area where the VIII nerve enters the brainstem?

Cerebellopontine Angle

Facial Nerve

Superior Colliculus

Trigeminal Nerve

Answer

Correct Answer: Cerebellopontine Angle

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Central Auditory Processing refers to the _____

Sound processing in the brain

Sound processing by the auditory nerve

Sound processing in the inner ear

Awareness of an auditory signal in the central nervous system

Answer

Correct Answer: Awareness of an auditory signal in the central nervous system

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What does cartilaginous mean?

Comprised of cartilage, a dense but flexible connective tissue.

Resembling cartilage

Being composed of cartilage

Relating to the ovaries

Answer

Correct Answer: Comprised of cartilage, a dense but flexible connective tissue.

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What does calibration refer to in the context of an audiometer?

The process of setting the audiometer to a known sound pressure level

The practice of adjusting an audiometer to produce a desired reading

The regular tuning of an audiometer to set the presentation values at levels consistent with (inter)national standards.

The act of setting an audiometer to zero

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Correct Answer: The regular tuning of an audiometer to set the presentation values at levels consistent with (inter)national standards.

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What are the benefits of using hearing aids on both sides?

Two hearing aids required

Less expensive than two hearing aids

Binaural Advantages

Improved hearing in one ear

Answer

Correct Answer: Binaural Advantages

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What does Binaural Refers to?

When sound is presented to one ear.

When sound is presented to the nose.

When sound is presented to the mouth.

When sound is presented to both ears.

Answer

Correct Answer: When sound is presented to both ears.

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What does the term "bilateral" signify?

That both ears or both sides of the head are involved.

That the individual has perfect hearing.

That the individual is deaf in one ear and has normal hearing in the other.

That the individual has two hearing aids.

Answer

Correct Answer: That both ears or both sides of the head are involved.

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What is the electronic portion of a Behind-The-Ear hearing aid connected to?

The outer ear

An earmold

The eardrum

The ear canal

Answer

Correct Answer: An earmold

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What is Behavioral Audiometry?

A hearing test that can be given to infants.

A hearing test that does not require any response from the individual being evaluated.

A hearing test that requires some type of visible and voluntary response from the individual being evaluated.

A hearing test that only requires an auditory response from the individual being evaluated.

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Correct Answer: A hearing test that requires some type of visible and voluntary response from the individual being evaluated.

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What is the Basilar Membrane?

Membrane inside the cochlea that separates scala media and scala tympani; on this membrane rests the organ of Corti.

Membrane inside the nose that separates the nostrils.

Membrane inside the ear that separates the outer ear and the middle ear.

Membrane inside the eye that separates the iris and the cornea.

Answer

Correct Answer: Membrane inside the cochlea that separates scala media and scala tympani; on this membrane rests the organ of Corti.

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What is the membrane inside the cochlea that separates scala media and scala tympani called?

Tectorial Membrane

Basilar Membrane

Reissner's Membrane

Modiolus

Answer

Correct Answer: Basilar Membrane

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What is the study of the structures of the body called?

Physiology

History

Anatomy

Biochemistry

Answer

Correct Answer: Anatomy

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What is the definition of Anacusis?

Presence of sound

Sensitivity to sound

Deafness

Absence of sound

Answer

Correct Answer: Absence of sound

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What is the function of the ampulla?

The ampulla is responsible for the sense of taste.

The ampulla is responsible for the sense of head rotation.

The ampulla is responsible for the sense of smell.

The ampulla is responsible for the sense of hearing.

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Correct Answer: The ampulla is responsible for the sense of head rotation.

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What is the purpose of an amplifier?

To decrease the incoming signal to worsen the audability of the outgoing signal.

To decrease the incoming signal to improve the audibility of the outgoing signal.

To increase the incoming signal to worsen the audibility of the outgoing signal.

To increase the incoming signal to improve the audibility of the outgoing signal.

Answer

Correct Answer: To increase the incoming signal to improve the audibility of the outgoing signal.

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What does an amplifier do?

Changes the outgoing signal to improve the audibility of the incoming signal.

Increases the incoming signal to improve the audibility of the outgoing signal.

Decreases the incoming signal to improve the audibility of the outgoing signal.

Does not change the incoming signal.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases the incoming signal to improve the audibility of the outgoing signal.

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What is the American Speech-Language Hearing Association?

Professional organization for both speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

A research institute

A lending library

A training institute

Answer

Correct Answer: Professional organization for both speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

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What is the American Academy of Audiology?

A training facility for audiologists.

A for-profit organization.

A research institution.

Professional organization for audiologists.

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Correct Answer: Professional organization for audiologists.

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Air-conduction thresholds refer to the:

Loudest level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus

Highest level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus

Lowest level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus

Average level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus

Answer

Correct Answer: Lowest level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus

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What is an air-conduction threshold?

The highest level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus presented through headphones or insert earphones.

The lowest level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus presented through headphones or insert earphones.

The level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus presented through loudspeakers.

The average level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus presented through headphones or insert earphones.

Answer

Correct Answer: The lowest level that an individual can hear a pure tone stimulus presented through headphones or insert earphones.

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What is the opening between the pneumaticized mastoid air cells and the middle ear space called?

Stapes

Aditus

Meatus

Hallus

Answer

Correct Answer: Aditus

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What does AD stand for?

Anno Domini

Aeternitas Dei

Before Christ

After Death

Answer

Correct Answer: Anno Domini

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What does AD stand for in the medical world?

Audiometry

Auris sinistra, meaning left ear

Auris dextra, meaning right ear

Auditory perception

Answer

Correct Answer: Auris dextra, meaning right ear

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What does "acuity" in hearing terms refer to?

The clarity or audibility of sound.

The pitch of sound.

The loudness of sound.

The intensity of sound.

Answer

Correct Answer: The clarity or audibility of sound.

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What is the name of the cranial nerve that carries both auditory and vestibular information?

Vestibulocochlear nerve

Trigeminal nerve

Acoustic nerve

Facial nerve

Answer

Correct Answer: Vestibulocochlear nerve

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What is another name for the external ear canal?

Eardrum

Earhole

Pinna

Acoustic Meatus

Answer

Correct Answer: Acoustic Meatus

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