Exam Preview for 20023: Spectral iQ: Audibly Improving Access to Hi

Spectral iQ: Audibly Improving Access to High-Frequency Sounds

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1. The peak energy of /s/, when spoken by a child or female talker, falls between _______________. 4,300 and 5,300 Hz 2,300 and 4,300 Hz 6,300 and 8,300 Hz 8,300 and 9,300 Hz
2. High-frequency amplification is often limited by ______________. hearing aid bandwidth feedback poorly prescribed gains all of the above
3. One technique, discussed in this article, for frequency lowering is __________ frequency transposition. non-linear curvilinear warp linear
4. A second technique, discussed in this article, for frequency lowering is ____________ frequency compression. non-linear curvilinear warp linear
5. The vertical axis (y-axis) on a spectrogram plots ______________. amplitude frequency time intensity
6. Spectral iQ identifies inaudible high-frequency information and ______________. replicates this information at a lower frequency ignores it moves the information to a higher frequency none of the above
7. Spectral iQ translates high-frequency information to lower frequencies __________. at all times once an hour once a minute when valuable high-frequency information is present
8. The s-test as described in this article asks that listeners _____________. ignore word final /s/ and /z/ detect word final /s/ and /z/ detect word medial /s/ detect word initial /s/ and /z/
9. The mean and maximum benefit for detection of /s/ with Spectral iQ was______________. 5 and 10 percentile points 15 and 30 percentile points 10 and 20 percentile points 13 and 29 percentile points
10. Frequency lowering has been a part of hearing aids for more than _____________. 80 years 70 years 60 years 50 years