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Adding "Curve" Appeal to Your Practice

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1.  When interviewed, which was not listed as a needed improvement with current RIC products on the market:
  1. More usable bandwidth
  2. Better Feedback Control
  3. Improved directionality
  4. More Colors
2.  Comfort improvements sought include:
  1. Secure fit
  2. Minimal surface contact with skin
  3. Obvious wearing orientation
  4. Visual Simplicity
  5. All of the above
3.  Control improvements sought include:
  1. Bigger Buttons
  2. Easy to reach controls
  3. Remote controls
  4. Ability to make changes discreetly
  5. B & D above
4.  Which was NOT a factor addressed in designing the Curve family:
  1. Ear dynamics
  2. Minimal skin contact
  3. Color strategies for skin and hair blending
  4. All of the above
  5. None of the above
5.  Which of the following was used in validating the design of Curve:
  1. Focus group research
  2. Door to door surveys
  3. Mass Mailings
  4. The design was not validated
6.  Active Feedback Intercept (AFI) benchmarking of Added Stable Gain found Curve to average _____ added stable gain:
  1. 5db
  2. 10dB
  3. 15dB
  4. 20dB
7.  Open ear maximum stable gain of Curve showed significant usable gain out to:
  1. 7200Hz
  2. 6700Hz
  3. 5800Hz
  4. 4400Hz
8.  Which of the following is NOT a Directional Speech Detector (DSD) switching rule:
  1. Intelligibility
  2. Audibility
  3. Comfort
  4. Perceptual Stability
9.  DSD Verification in Curve showed a Directivity Index (DI) of:
  1. 4.84
  2. 4.38
  3. 5.76
  4. 4.34
10.  Which of the following is the first ever RIC product on the market:
  1. Curve m3
  2. Curve m7
  3. Curve m5
  4. Radius 12