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Widex Fundamentals Course 3: Widex Signature Features

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1.  How does the largest linear input dynamic range (IDR) in the industry benefit patients?
  1. It does not benefit patients.
  2. It allows the hearing aid features to work in the maximum number of acoustical environments.
  3. It denies patients access to soft sounds.
  4. It peak clips sound when patients listen to music at 100dB.
2.  How does soft level noise reduction help patients?
  1. Increases acceptance of the hearing aids
  2. Allows the users to know their refrigerator is working
  3. Ensures that relevant soft speech sounds are heard by the user
  4. A and C
3.  How does Speech Enhancer differ from traditional noise reduction?
  1. Speech Enhancer increases speech and decreases noise based on the individual's hearing loss.
  2. Speech Enhancer is a simple gain reduction.
  3. Speech Enhancer only makes speech louder.
  4. Speech Enhancer is not focused on speech intelligibility.
4.  Which are advantages to the Smartwind manager?
  1. It is active in monaural fittings
  2. It works with wind from any direction, not just the side
  3. It improves speech understanding in wind
  4. All of the above
5.  What is the HD locator?
  1. "Find my hearing aid" feature
  2. Tunes the hearing aids to high definition radio stations
  3. Fully adaptive Directional Microphone system
  4. Locates the nearest Haagen-Dazs ice cream shop
6.  What is the philosophy of Widex's directional microphone system?
  1. To limit patients to hearing only the sound directly in front of them
  2. To allow access to speech from all directions while placing null points in the channels where there is noise
  3. To have patients manually control the directionality of the microphones
  4. To remain in an omnidirectional mode at all times
7.  What is the goal of the Sound Class technology?
  1. To provide the user with one dynamic universal program
  2. To teach the patients about their listening environment
  3. To improve hearing in the classroom
  4. To increase how often the patient has to change programs
8.  Which levels of technology offer Zen and Audibility Extender in Widex Beyond?
  1. Bronze, Silver, Gold
  2. 220, 330, 440
  3. A, B, C
  4. 1000,2000 and 3000
9.  How does WidexLink differ from Bluetooth?
  1. WidexLink was designed to work specifically with hearing aids, and has better sound quality than Bluetooth.
  2. WidexLink was named after the company that invented it. Bluetooth was named after a Danish king.
  3. WidexLink is only available with Widex hearing aids. Bluetooth is available in several types of electronics.
  4. All of the above
10.  What forms of wireless connectivity are available in the Widex Beyond?
  1. T-Coil, 2.4 BLE, and WidexLink
  2. Wifi and Infra-red
  3. AM radio
  4. There is no wireless connectivity in the Widex Beyond

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