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IHS Exam #2A hearing care professional is working with a new patient who purchased two hearing
aids 6 months ago from another professional. The client is not satisfied with the hearing
aids performance and does not want to return to that specialist. What should the
hearing care professional recommend to the client?
a. Encourage him to go back to the original specialist anyway
b. Return the hearing aids as soon as possible
c. Re-test and evaluate the fitting
d. Complete an electronic check of the hearing aids to ensure they are operating
correctly - answerc. Re-test and evaluate the fitting
Which two forces are being measured on a tympanogram?
a. Compliance and decibels
b. Compliance and pressure
c. Pressure and Hertz
d. Decibels and Hertz - answerb. Compliance and pressure
Which two situations could produce a type B tympanogram when completed by the
hearing care professional?
a. Ossicular discontinuity, normal hearing
b. Probe tip failure retracted TM
c. Perforation of the TM, atelectasis of the TM
d. Otitismedia, ossicularfixation - answerd. Otitismedia, ossicularfixation
A 76-year-old male patient who is retired and volunteers at a hospital welcome center 2
days a week is replacing his current aids. Which is important for the hearing care
professional to complete when assisting this patient?
a. Impression should be medium length
b. Use multiple dams during the impression process
c. Council the patient about aural rehabilitation
d. Use open mouth impression procedure - answerc. Council the patient about aural
rehabilitation
A client is complaining about feedback from both his 5-week-old hearing aids. After an
initial interview with the client, which procedure should the hearing care professional do
next?
a. Retest his hearing
, b. Perform an otoscopic exam
c. Clean the hearing aids
d. Plug the vent - answerb. Perform an otoscopic exam
Why is it important for a hearing care professional to be able to identify and assistant
with clients through the stages of coping with loss?
a. Identify the level of impact the loss has on family and friends
b. Assist the patient to accept the hearing loss
c. Identify the appropriate aid for the loss
d. Assist the patient in identifying when the loss occurred - answera. Identify the level of
impact the loss has on family and friends
A returning client comes into the office, who was fit 2 years ago monaurally by another
hearing care professional. The PTA is 35 R, 40 L with a word discrimination score of
72% R, 74% L, and 80% binaurally. The client is still having difficulty understanding
speech in background noise, sound localization, and clarity on the phone. Which should
the hearing care provider review with the client?
a. A FM listing system
b. Reprogram using a different fitting formula
c. Discuss appropriate expectations
d. Aid the unaided ear - answerd. Aid the unaided ear
Which is the best aid for a 36-year-old school teacher of middle school-age children with
a mild flat sensorineural loss? It is important to the patient for the aids to be discrete.
The teacher also coaches the debate club for the high school.
a. CIC
b. RIC
c. BTE with skeletonmold
d. Canal with a skin-colored shell - answera. CIC
Why should the dam be the same size or slightly larger than the second bend of the ear
canal for an impression?
a. Prevent a smaller picture of the canal
b. Prevent a prolapsed canal from occurring
c. Prevent any cerumen from mixing with the impression material
d. Allow airflow to the TM - answerb. Prevent a prolapsed canal from occurring
A client has been using BTE hearing aids for 2 years. The client is now moving in with
an adult child and family due to a recent fall, causing the client to have surgery. The
client is having difficulty hearing the television; however, the other members of the
family complain the volume is too loud. The client is hearing well in all other situations in
the house. What should the hearing care provider recommend to the client?
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