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Before the Hearing Aid Fitting: What Pre-Tests Provide "Bang for the Buck"? (Part 1)

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1.  A person with a QuickSIN SNR score of +16 dB would be considered: Hearing in noise about like someone with normal hearing Hearing in noise slightly worse than someone with normal hearing Hearing in noise moderately worse than someone with normal hearing Hearing in noise substantially worse than someone with normal hearing

2.  The "background noise" signal of the QuickSIN is an important component of the test. The signal is: Speech shaped noise (shaped to sentences) Cafeteria noise (Uno's pizza place in Chicago) Multi-talker babble (uncorrelated from 8 loudspeakers) Four-talker babble

3.  If a person has a QuickSIN score of +6 dB, you would be fairly certain that: She doesn't need hearing aids She doesn't need directional technology She has normal hearing in the low frequencies None of the above

4.  Based on research findings, you would expect someone fitted with hearing aids with an ANLT score of 2 to be: A full-time hearing aid wearer A part-time hearing aid wearer A non-user of their hearing aids It's not possible to obtain an ANLT score of 2 dB

5.  In general, research comparing the ANLT with other speech-in-noise tests as found: A low ANL score (~6 dB) significantly correlates with a low SNR score for speech understanding in noise (e.g., SNR ~+2 dB) A low ANLT score (~6 dB) significantly correlates with a high SNR score for speech understanding in noise (e.g., SNR ~ +14 dB) A high ANLT score (~16 dB) significantly correlates with a high SNR score for speech understanding in noise (e.g., SNR ~ +16 dB) There is no correlation between ANLT scores and speech understanding in noise

6.  It is important to conduct the ANLT correctly. Which one of these factors could make the ANLT appear significantly lower than the "true" ANLT score? Using babble noise rather than speech noise Basing your clinic norms on only females Conducting the testing aided rather than unaided None of the above

7.  The test material most commonly used to calculate the PP-DIS is: Monosyllables in quiet The HINT The QuickSIN Monosyllable in speech noise

8.  With the PP-DIS, if a person's "perceptual" score is significantly higher than their "performance" score, you might expect: They would be reluctant to engage in group conversations They would be reluctant to guess at a word or phrase They would pretend they are understanding when they are not None of the above

9.  Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the ECHO? The questions are similar to those of the SADL There are different norms for people who receive free hearing aids For speech understanding, average expectations are around #2 (on a 7 point scale) One of the expectation scales is is "Personal Image"

10.  An outcome measure (originally designed to measure benefit) which has been used in research to measure expectations is the: COSI HHIE IOI-HA SADL