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Fitting Considerations for the Ponto Bone Anchored System

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1.  What option(s) are available in the Genie Medical programming software?
  1. Single sided deafness checkbox
  2. Loudness control
  3. Softband checkbox
  4. All of the above
2.  The Ponto system is compatible with which of the following FM receivers?
  1. Oticon Amigo R2BA
  2. Phonak MLxi Baha
  3. Phonak MLx s
  4. A and B
  5. All of the above
3.  How do the gain values change when the “Single-sided deafness” box is checked?
  1. No change
  2. Increase in high frequency gain only
  3. Decrease in low frequency gain only
  4. Decrease in low frequency gain and increase in high frequency gain
4.  How do the gain values change when the “Soft band” box is checked?
  1. No change
  2. Changes to the gains above 1000Hz is frequency dependent
  3. Typically decreases high frequency gain by 10 dB above 1kHz only
  4. Decrease in low frequency gain and increase in high frequency gain
5.  What is measured with BC In-Situ?
  1. Gain
  2. Output
  3. Bone conduction thresholds
  4. All of the above
6.  How many programs are available in the Ponto Sound Processor
  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. 3
  4. 4
7.  The Feedback Manager measures individual feedback limits and should always be used for
  1. The Ponto Pro Power
  2. The Ponto Pro
  3. The Ponto
  4. All of the above
8.  BC In-Situ advantages include
  1. Limits the variation of bone vibrator placement
  2. Overcomes skin attenuation
  3. Has a wider frequency range compared to the bone vibrator
  4. All of the above
  5. None of the above
9.  What features does the firmware upgrade in Genie Medical 2011.1 allow for:
  1. BC in situ
  2. Feedback Manager
  3. Speech Guard
  4. All of the above
10.  Which of the following applies to bone anchored verification
  1. There is currently no standardized bone anchored verification measure (i.e. REM)
  2. There are currently no Clinical Practice Guidelines for bone anchored verification
  3. Aided sound field thresholds are typically exactly the same as BC thresholds
  4. A and B
  5. B and C