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CD 443 Exam 3: Questions And Answers (Solved)Audiologic evaluation Right Ans - -case history
-otoscopy
-tympanometry/acoustic reflex
-speech threshold tests
-pure tone audiometry
-suprathreshold speech tests
-sometimes= loudness test, special audiometric/audiologic test
speech audiometry two types of speech tests Right Ans - threshold tests
supra-threshold tests
threshold tests Right Ans - -speech detection (SDT) AKA
speech awareness (SAT
-speech reception (SRT)
supra-threshold tests Right Ans - speech discrimination or word
recognition
speech discrimination/word recognition might... Right Ans - -listen to
single words, sentences, or nonsense syllables
-quiet or in background noise -recorded speech is used. -results in percentage
speech audiometry equipment Right Ans - -speech audiometer
-sound booth
-ability to hear client/patient
speech audiometer Right Ans - -not a separate device
-circuit on the audiometer that allows the use of speech stimulus
sound booth Right Ans - -quiet room for threshold testing
-"isolation" from the teacher's voice
ability to hear client/patient'd answer Right Ans - microphone "inside" the
booth
two ways to present speech stimuli Right Ans - recorded
monitored live voice
, recorded Right Ans - -materials on a CD/computer file
-presented through
-standardized recordings of speech materials
monitored live voice (MLV) Right Ans - -tester speaks test materials into
microphone
-tester uses VU meter to monitor level of voice
whats the goal of the VU meter during monitored live voice? Right Ans -
maintain relatively equal intensity for all words
threshold Right Ans - What is the softest level at which a person hears
speech
Why test sensitivity (threshold) for speech? Right Ans - speech is most
important sound in the environment
speech DOES NOT equal everyday communication abilities true or false?
Right Ans - TRUE
speech threshold is important for checking what? Right Ans - pure-tone
thresholds
some audiologists assess speech thresholds before pure tone thresholds?
Right Ans - TRUE
Why test sensitivity to speech BEFORE pure-tone thresholds? Right Ans - 1.
speech materials are more meaningful than pure tones
2. speech tests confirm the validity of pure-tone results
3. speech threshold results may change your pure-tone test approach
Monitored live voice is sometimes the preferred mode to present stimuli for
speech threshold tests WHY? Right Ans - - flexibility in materials
- give visual cues
- variability across voices is less of an issue
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