Exam Preview for 18542: A Patient Assisted Fitting: Introducing Sou

A Patient Assisted Fitting: Introducing SoundPoint

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1. SoundPoint is an alternative fitting method to the interview and adjust method a patient-driven fitting process that places the control of sound quality in the hands of the patient accessible via an iPad application or a computer system all of the above
2. SoundPoint can be used during an initial fitting appointment a follow-up appointment both a and b neither a or b
3. Prescriptive targets are based on averages and cannot meet the needs of all patients are one size fits all and work well for all patients do not need additional fine-tuning due to individual preferences provide similar amounts of gain for the same audiogram, regardless of the formula (e.g. NAL-NL1 or DSL v5)
4. In the control space of SoundPoint only gain is controlled, thus SoundPoint is a graphic equalizer a small movement of the mouse or finger should result in a small change to how the hearing aid sounds perceptually similar settings cannot be obtained from trial to trial large movements in the control space result in identical sound qualities
5. Due to the organization of the SoundPoint control space only smooth changes in sound quality are perceived as the patient explores the space no perceivable differences are experienced as the patient explores the space only changes to loudness are perceived by the patient changes in sound quality are not systematic
6. Which of the following were goals of the development of SoundPoint? Provide an intuitive and satisfying experience Maintain clinically acceptable audibility for the hearing aid fitting Provide a wide range of perceptual differences within the SoundPoint system All of the above
7. Which of the following steps are not part of the SoundPoint fitting process? Calibration of the signal Configuring the space through derivation of presets Interviewing the patient regarding the sound quality of the hearing aid in order to make fine tuning changes Navigating the SoundPoint space to order to find the preferred hearing aid fitting
8. The usability of SoundPoint was evaluated on which metrics? Ease of use only Likability, ease of use and simplicity Learnability, likeability, ease of use and usefulness Simplicity, usefulness and learnability
9. During the clinical evaluation of SoundPoint the predicted speech recognition performance did not differ significantly between fitting approaches the majority of participants preferred the hearing aid settings obtained during the clinician fitting to those obtained via SoundPoint for sound quality most participants found SoundPoint to be a useful method for evaluating sound quality of the hearing aids both A and C
10. SoundPoint is likely to increase the time spent counseling during a hearing aid fitting improve patient satisfaction because the patient has a sense of ownership of their hearing aid fitting decrease patient satisfaction because the system is frustrating none of the above