Exam Preview for 30752: Hearing Loss and Emotions February 12, 2018

Hearing Loss and Emotions

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1. What impact does emotion have on daily life? Emotion facilitates attention Emotion impacts cognitive performance Emotion impacts speech recognition All of the above
2. What does "IADS" stand for? International Acoustic Digits Standard Instructional Auditory Digital Speech International Affective Digitized Sounds International Acoustic Data Synthesis
3. The study on emotions by Picou et. al (2016) showed that: Listeners with hearing loss were better at identifying emotions that normal hearing listeners Listeners with hearing loss were poorer at identifying emotions that normal hearing listeners Listeners with hearing loss showed a reduced range of emotional ratings as compared to normal hearing listeners Listeners with normal hearing showed a reduced range of emotional ratings as compared to hearing impaired listeners
4. What parameter(s) in the hearing aid were manipulated to create the "high processing" and "low processing" amplification conditions? Frequency lowering Gain model (WDRC vs. linear) Sound cleaning features (noise reduction) All of the Above
5. The study on emotions by Goy et. al (2016) showed that: Hearing aids improved emotion identification Hearing aids improved word recognition, but not emotion identification Hearing aids improved both emotion identification and word recognition None of the above
6. The findings of the Phonak Audiology Research Center (2017) emotions study were: Individuals with hearing loss had more difficulty identifying emotions than normal hearing individuals Hearing aids didn't help nor harm emotion recognition Performance correlated with age All of the above
7. Which emotions were assessed in the PARC (2017) emotions study? Fear Happiness Sadness All of the above
8. EMA stands for what? Ecological Momentary Assessment External Modulation Assessment Ecological Monitoring Assessment External Medial Atresia
9. What acoustical characteristics are correlated with scores of emotion recognition? Fundamental frequency, standard deviation of the fundamental frequency, and spectral center-of-gravity Fundamental frequency only Fundamental frequency and standard deviation of the fundamental frequency Frequency spectrum
10. Which of the following conclusions are supported by the research findings? Hearing loss has no impact on human emotion. Hearing loss seems to correspond with lower ratings of pleasantness than normal hearing individuals. No conclusions were drawn; more research is required. As hearing healthcare providers, awareness of such difficulties is irrelevant during counseling.