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The Impact of Cognition on Hearing Aid Use

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1.  Which of the following statements are NOT true. Older listeners: demonstrate greater difficulty hearing in noise than younger listeners the problem older listeners have in noise is not solely related to their degree of hearing loss and younger listeners perform similarly in noise demonstrate poorer working memory function best in quiet and with familiar speakers

2.  Approximately how long does the average adult wait from the time a hearing loss is present before seeking treatment? 15 years 3 months 6 months 2 years 7 years

3.  Patients who cannot obtain hearing aids might still receive help from: assistive listening devices group or individual therapy education and counseling communication strategies all of the above

4.  Difficulty understanding speech in high noise environments is caused by: reverberation restricted dynamic range intolerance to background noise hearing aids that contain compression characteristics that distort the signal before it can be processed all of the above

5.  Listening is: directly correlated with hearing requires attention and intention improved with hearing aids none of the above

6.  Cognitive deficits: do not impact a person’s ability to succeed with hearing aids are improved with hearing aids can make hearing aid use less successful none of the above

7.  Peripheral hearing loss leads to: cognitive deficits dizziness central auditory changes all of the above none of the above

8.  Word recognition testing in quiet yields results that are: predictive of hearing aid usage predictive of understanding speech in noise essential for determining prognosis with hearing aids none of the above

9.  Most hearing aids are limited by: the input level they can successfully amplify their size their battery cost all of the above

10.  The basic audiologic assessment determines: binaural interference communication confidence levels cognitive skills threshold sensitivity and understanding of speech in quiet all of the above