Exam Preview for 24905: Siemens Expert Series 2014 September 8, 201

Siemens Expert Series 2014

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1. Data suggest that improving ______________ may be the most critical element to hearing aid success in terms of benefit. Discrete look of the aid Signal to noise ratio Volume Control Remote Control None of the Above
2. You may consider using _____________ to enhance patient participation in the hearing aid fitting process. Gain training features Adaptation features Volume control or programs All of the Above None of the Above
3. Accessories to improve communication in noise and communication with other devices (e.g., phones, MP3 players, computers, televisions) are becoming ___________. Easier to integrate with personal hearing aids Difficult to find Prohibitively expensive All of the Above None of the Above
4. Spatial Processing Disorder (SPD) is a reduced ability to: Localize sounds Identify environmental sounds occurring in the space around a person Separate simultaneous streams of speech on the basis of their direction of arrival Combine sounds originating from different directions to make new sounds.
5. The LiSN-S test is: A test of sentences at fixed signal-to-noise ratios An adaptive test of isolated words against competing talkers An adaptive test of sentences against competing talkers A test of isolated words at fixed signal-to-noise-ratios.
6. Management for difficulty in listening in noise, such as by provision of a wireless remote microphone hearing aid or classroom placement: Is not really affected by an analysis of results from a typical CAPD test battery Can be most efficiently prescribed if guided by an analysis of results from a typical CAPD test battery Cannot help if it does not specifically treat the underlying deficit All of the above
7. The SII can be calculated using. 1/3 octave bands Critical Bands Octave bands Equally Contributing Critical Bands All of the Above
8. According to the SII, ___________ % of the information above 1000 Hz is present to recognize speech 27% 53% 70% 46% None of the Above
9. Hearing aid candidates are counseled: To obtain hearing aids at clinics that perform real ear measures and outcome measures only on “special cases” To obtain hearing aids only at clinics where real ear measures and outcome measures are performed on all hearing aids that are dispensed To obtain hearing aids at any clinic regardless if real ear measures or outcome measures are performed To obtain hearing aids at clinics that perform real ear measures and outcome measures only on a few cases when the audiologist seems to think that the need is reasonable All of the above
10. According to current scientific evidence, listeners with severe loss probably have intact hair cells only outer hair cell loss only inner hair cell loss both inner and outer hair cell loss
11. Adults with severe hearing loss should be fit with: directional microphones telecoils both directional microphones and telecoils None of the above
12. Communication ability in listeners with severe hearing loss is always poor depends on the age at which the hearing loss occurred depends on whether the listener has a history of noise exposure is affected by both cochlear pathology and cognitive abilities
13. According to Picou and Ricketts (2013), which method of telephone listening with hearing aids to provide the best performance? Acoustic telephone Telecoil use in one ear Wireless streaming in one ear Bilateral wireless streaming
14. Recent research with frequency lowering and working memory has found: Frequency lowering technology should not be used with individuals with poor working memory. Frequency lowering technology improves working memory. people with good working memory derive more benefit from frequency lowering than people with poor working memory. All of the above
15. A take home message from McCreery, Bentler and Roush article (2013) was: There is no difference on audibility between using average RECD v. individual RECD. There is no difference on audibility between using manufacturer’s first fit settings v. a prescriptive target. Using the individual RECD and a prescriptive target is the best way to achieve audibility. Average RECD can be accurately predicted by age.