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Making Verification Valuable and Efficient

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1.  In Pam Souza's research from 2009, patients with severe to profound hearing were found to perform how on speech recognition tests in quiet and in noise?
  1. Generally well
  2. Generally poor
  3. With high variability
  4. Passed with flying colors
2.  In several of the studies sited, how did first fit algorithms compare to NAL targets?
  1. First fit algorithms were almost identical to NAL targets.
  2. First fit algorithms appeared the same across manufacturers.
  3. First fit algorithms consistently over amplified.
  4. First fit algorithms varied greatly from target and from one manufacturer to the next.
3.  Looking at historical research, first fit algorithms have typically been found to _________.
  1. Over amplify
  2. Under amplify
  3. Amplify perfectly
  4. None of the above
4.  When verification and validation are completed, the amount of follow up visits per patient were shown to _______.
  1. Increase
  2. Decrease
  3. Stay the same
  4. None of the above
5.  REM is pivotal to the fitting process for which of the following reasons:
  1. Individual ear canal variations are accounted for
  2. Actual instrument performance is ensured as compared to pre-calculated approximation
  3. Ensures the goals of the prescriptive formula are realized.
  4. All of the above
6.  The new IMC standard (IMC 2) allows which two things to take place that allow fitting and verification integration?
  1. Real time data exchange
  2. Automatic software updates
  3. Device control
  4. A and C
7.  TargetMatch allows verification of which of the following prescriptive formulae?
  1. NAL
  2. DSL
  3. Adaptive Phonak Digital
  4. All of the above
8.  TargetMatch performs which of the following individual measurements?
  1. RECD
  2. MLE
  3. REUG
  4. All of the above
9.  TargetMatch runs which of the following response curves during the "response measurement" phase?
  1. 50dB
  2. 65dB
  3. 80dB
  4. All of the above
10.  During the validation study when developing TargetMatch, what was found?
  1. Targets were unable to be matched with TargetMatch compared to a manual fit process.
  2. Targets were well matched within 3dB out to 4000Hz compared to a manual fit process.
  3. TargetMatch showed rest/re-test reliability outcomes up to 4000Hz.
  4. B and C

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