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TotalCare Plus: What's Out There? Options in Verification and Hearing Aid Technology

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1.  The ISTS was developed with the support of : Siemens, Phonak , GN Resound and Oticon Oticon, Siemens, and Phonak Starkey 6 of the major European Hearing aid manufactures making up 90% of the hearing aids sold in Europe.

2.  Which of the following should be monitored as 80 dB SPL ISTS signal is being presented: LTASS REUR Peak response Thresholds

3.  The purpose of the 80dB SPL ISTS is: To assess the amount of compression of the hearing aid To assess the amount of headroom compared to the 65dB Signal To see if the MPO is set correctly All of the above

4.  When there is a discrepancy between the estimated hearing aid response displayed on the fitting software and the hearing aid response obtained from real ear measures Believe what you see on the fitting software Increase gain Recalculate the first fit Believe what you see on the REM screen

5.  Which are three Wireless Platform that are used in modern hearing aid technology? 2.4 GHz; 900 MHz; FFMI NFMI; 2.4 GHz; 900 MHz 3.0 KHz; T-coils; 10 MHz IFTTT.com; RFID; WLAN

6.  Which of the following actions can patients using Oticon Opn 1 (with the use of Oticon ON app) have the ability to do? Connect to the internet via the IFTTT.com internet connection Connect their Land phone line through use of the landline phone adapter and Oticon’s Connect Clip Connect to softphones, such as Skype, with the USB adapter All of the above

7.  In the Soft-Loud-Average REM technique as well at the Auto-fit verification, what is the intensity of the signal used to determine comfort? 65 dB HL 90 dB A 80 dB SPL 80 dB HL

8.  Which of the following is the response view that is used for Auto-fit? Gain Input Output Intensity

9.  In which of the following 10 Steps to Success do the SAC and SOAC play a central role? Greeting Lifestyle Assessment Making the Recommendation Hearing aid Demonstration

10.  Auditory simulation is another term for which of the following? Hearing test Greeting Hearing Aid Demo Lifestyle Assessment