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Hearing Instrument Specialist WrittenExam Prep (Hearing Aid Academy ILE Prep)
How do sound waves travel?
A.In expanding spheres in all directions B. In a vacuum
C. None of the above
D. All of the above ✔ Ans -A.In expanding spheres in all directions
The branch of physics that has to deal with sound:
A. Audiology
B. Otology
C. Acoustics
D. Otometry ✔ Ans -C. Acoustics
A patient is referred by a PCP. The patient reports a history of noise exposure and meds for blood pressure and cholesterol.
Spouse reports difficulty at home and with friends. Test results reveal asymmetrical hearing loss.
What should the hearing health care professional recommend?
A. Monaural amplification
Custom hearing protection
C. ENT consultation
D. Re-evaluation in six months ✔ Ans -C. ENT consultation
A patient's test results indicate normal hearing to 1500Hz and moderate loss in the highs. What stimulus should the hearing health care provider use to determine MCLs/UDLs/LDLs?
A. Phonetically balanced word list
B. Multi-talker noise
C. Cold running speech
D. Frequency-specific warble tones ✔ Ans -C. Cold running speech What is the pathway of sound through the auditory conductive mechanism?
A. Concha, aperture. isthmus
B. Oval window, ossicular chain, tympanic membrane
c. Malleus, incus, stapes
D. Scala vestibuli, scala media, scala tympani ✔ Ans -c. Malleus, incus, stapes
Patient complains of a foul-smelling fluid coming from the right ear. Otoscopy confirms fluid and debris around the right TM. What is the likely cause of these symptoms?
A. Cholesteatoma
B. Eczema
C. Otitis media
D. Tympanosclerosis ✔ Ans -A. Cholesteatoma
Ms. Schaefer is a 36-year-old female restaurant worker with a family history of hearing loss. She is experiencing hearing loss, and her test reveals a moderate conductive loss and good word recognition. What is the likely cause of the patient's hearing loss?
A. Performance of hair cells in the cochlea
B. Otosclerosis
C. Ototoxicity
D. Meniere's ✔ Ans -B. Otosclerosis
What is the rule that allows the use of two-point average that excludes the outlying threshold when there is precipitous change from one frequency to the next in the calculation of the PTA? ✔ Ans -The fisher rule
What is the first step in processing non-critical items?
A. Cleaning
B. Cold Sterilization
C. HLD
D. LLD ✔ Ans -A. Cleaning
What is the first step in processing semi-critical items?
A. Cleaning
B.Cold Sterilization
C. HLD
D. LLD ✔ Ans -A. Cleaning
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