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hearLIFE Unlimited: Bimodal with MED-EL

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1.  Which pair below refers to a bimodal hearing situation?
  1. Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid
  2. Hearing Aid and EAS
  3. Binaural Cochlear Implants
  4. A & B
2.  What are the three main advantages of binaural hearing?
  1. Bilateral summation, head shadow effect, pitch matching
  2. Hearing in noise, localization, music appreciation
  3. Hearing in noise, localization, bilateral summation
  4. Pitch matching, music appreciation, head shadow effect
3.  When both ears provide similar speech information to the brain, its called:
  1. Redundant information
  2. Complementary integration
  3. Redundant integration
  4. Complementary information
4.  What is a reason why a patient may remain unilaterally implanted, versus choosing bilateral implants?
  1. Insurance reimbursement
  2. Functional hearing in the non-implanted ear
  3. Monitoring progress of the first implant
  4. Any of the above
5.  MED-EL's compression ratio is closely aligned with that of hearing aids, they both are approximately:
  1. 2:1
  2. 3:1
  3. 5:1
  4. 4:1
6.  Listening with two ears often promotes a sense of _______________ in bilateral and bimodal listeners.
  1. Quiet
  2. Music Appreciation
  3. Balance
  4. None of the above
7.  Providing a _____________as natural as possible to the implanted ear will provide the best chance of perceptual fusion with the non-implanted ear.
  1. Pitch-cue
  2. Dead region
  3. Apex
  4. Aymmetry
8.  A typical bimodal user is likely to have contralateral low frequency residual hearing. What features of MED-EL are complementary?
  1. Complete Cochlear Coverage (CCC)
  2. Fine Hearing
  3. Triformance
  4. All of the above
9.  Which method of prescriptive hearing aid fitting is best for using with MED-EL sound processors?
  1. DSL
  2. NAL-NL2
  3. Manufacturer's Proprietary Fitting Method
  4. Audiologist's protocol
10.  Which brand of hearing aids work bimodally with MED-EL sound processors?
  1. Oticon
  2. Starkey
  3. Phonak
  4. Any hearing aid

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