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20Q: A Perfect Storm for Auditory Brain Training

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1. Auditory brain training: is the same as auditory training is a variant of auditory training that also encompasses other cognitive tasks and skills needed to understand speech refers only to synthetic training activities refers only to analytic training activities
2. According to sources in the article, audiologists generate what percentage of revenue from selling hearing aids? 20% 40% 60% 80%
3. Which of the following statements is correct about auditory brain training, according to the author? auditory brain training is recommended primarily for people with normal hearing to prevent cognitive decline auditory brain training is recommended for people with hearing loss, with or without amplification auditory brain training is only recommended for people with hearing loss who have purchased hearing aids auditory brain training is only recommended for people with hearing loss who do not use amplification
4. Compliance with auditory brain training can be supported by: lesson plan using an engaging training program ongoing oversight by a professional all of the above
5. That author recommends that audiologists can successfully implement auditory brain training into their practice by: offering it for free to all patients using programs that require little hands-on time by the audiologist, and selling subscriptions to appropriate candidates offering it to patients with normal hearing who do not otherwise generate revenue in a practice giving in-person community auditory brain training classes to senior centers and nursing homes
6. The Perfect Storm in this article refers to: the fact that hearing loss causes dementia, and auditory training can prevent it. the belief that hearing aid fitting without auditory training is unethical. market factors are impacting audiologists' businesses, while research linking hearing loss and cognitive decline is growing, thus creating a need for more comprehensive hearing care services in audiology clinical practices like auditory training. climate change is causing more hearing loss due to increasing natural disasters, and auditory training is a great interim treatment before hearing aids can be fit.
7. Research on the effectiveness of auditory training has shown mixed findings. According to the author, this may be because: there is a wide variety of approaches to auditory training most auditory training studies are biased and funded by commercial entities auditory training is too new to have been studied extensively; more data are needed most auditory training studies have too small a number of subjects to be meaningful
8. According to the author, auditory training will be most beneficial if it is: rote and monotonous so tasks can be completed quickly comprised of nonsense syllables or other meaningless content so it can generalize to all speech comprised of unfamiliar foreign language content so the user cannot use context to guess, and must rely only on listening meaningful, engaging and gamified
9. To get started with offering auditory training in your practice, the author suggests: dual licensure in speech language pathology hiring someone to manage the auditory training program select a program, inform patients, and get patients started quickly (within a few weeks of new hearing aid fitting) all of the above
10. To support patient education about auditory training, the author suggests: a 2-hour orientation as part of the hearing aid fitting Facetime or Skype call each patient to walk them through the first lesson a weekend workshop/group auditory rehab forum a series of brochures/postcards as they go through the diagnostic/fitting process