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The Emergence of Hearing Loss in the Adult Patient

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1.  A patient who first notices hearing loss takes how long, on average, to enter the hearing care process?
  1. on average, approximately 7 years, but there is a lot of variability and some patients may take 10 years or more.
  2. one year
  3. 20 years
  4. none of the above
2.  A patient who shows minimization:
  1. does not have hearing loss
  2. will only have a mild hearing loss
  3. recognizes the presence of hearing loss but indicates that the effects are negligible
  4. denies that the audiogram is accurate
3.  According to Engelund, "moments of tribulation":
  1. are when hearing loss and communication breakdown starts to create problems in the person's life
  2. are one component that indicate that it is time to act upon the hearing loss
  3. Both A and B
  4. None of the above
4.  The Knarr project reminded us that:
  1. Patients tend to be hyperfocused on acoustic settings and their impact on communication
  2. Directional microphone technology does not work in reverberant environments
  3. Community hearing screenings are rife with problems
  4. Patients tend to talk about communication failures in different terms than the audiologist
5.  According to the The Eriksholm group, which factor predicts the patients who are likely to seek help for their hearing loss?
  1. Age
  2. Audiogram
  3. Self perceived hearing difficulties
  4. Gender
6.  Garstecki and Erler (1998) found which personality factor to be predictive of whether a person would obtain hearing aids when they were recommended?
  1. internal locus of control
  2. external locus of control
  3. depressive tendencies
  4. weaker ego
7.  In the progression of age-related body change
  1. hearing is one of the first things to go
  2. hearing is considered the most life-threatening
  3. hearing is always the last to go
  4. hearing loss occurs later in the process after other issues have developed
8.  What factors predict whether or not an older patient will act on a health issue:
  1. good support system
  2. confidence that change is acheivable
  3. a good plan
  4. all of the above
9.  A patient who is "looking":
  1. May come in earlier in the process than the average patient with hearing loss
  2. Will never agree to use amplification
  3. Likely has normal hearing but is doing his or her homework
  4. All of the above
10.  Discussions of a patient's hearing loss should focus on:
  1. Severity
  2. Audiogram
  3. The acoustics of troubling environments
  4. The impact on interactions with significant others