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Overcoming the Hearing Aid Barrier

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1.  Which hearing aid feature is rated as more important by older adults than younger adults?
  1. lack of feedback
  2. ease of use
  3. improvement in speech in quiet
  4. sound quality
2.  Which hearing aid style is easiest for older adults to manipulate?
  1. CIC
  2. ITC
  3. ITE
  4. BTE
3.  On which temporal task do younger and older listeners perform similarly?
  1. Duration discrimination of brief tones
  2. Duration discrimination of long tones
  3. Gap detection
  4. Amplitude modulation detection
4.  Which of the following statements is NOT true about the acoustic effects of wide-dynamic range compression (WDRC)?
  1. WDRC increases audibility of soft sounds
  2. WDRC alters the temporal envelope of speech
  3. Fast release times reduce fluctuations in the temporal envelope
  4. Slow release times increase fluctuations in the temporal envelope
5.  On which of the following speech tasks is an older adult likely to perform the same as a younger adult with the same hearing?
  1. Repetition of single words in quiet
  2. Repetition of single words in background babble noise
  3. Recognition of sentences in reverberation
  4. Recognition of single words in quiet with redundant cues removed
6.  Which of the following is the largest barrier to hearing aid uptake by older adults?
  1. Stigma
  2. Cost
  3. Degree of hearing loss
  4. Self-perceived hearing loss
7.  The percentage of people who could benefit from hearing aids and actually obtain them is approximately:
  1. 20%
  2. 40%
  3. 60%
  4. 80%
8.  How does degree of hearing loss related to hearing aid uptake?
  1. Hearing aid uptake is not predictable from degree of loss
  2. Better hearing predicts greater hearing aid uptake
  3. Worse hearing predicts greater hearing aid uptake
  4. None of the above
9.  Which of the following people can have a significant impact on whether someone chooses to obtain a hearing aid?
  1. Other people with hearing loss
  2. Audiologist
  3. Close friend
  4. All of the above
10.  How can hearing aid uptake possibly be increased?
  1. Through universal adult hearing screening
  2. Provide unbiased sources of information about hearing aids
  3. Provide simple ways to navigate the process of obtaining a hearing aid
  4. All of the above