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1.  The following psychoacoustic dimensions may be disrupted in a patient with severe hearing loss: temporal resolution frequency resolution altered loudness perception all of the above

2.  Brain Hearing refers to: The type of sound digitization employed on the Velox platform Patient training techniques that we employ to overcome the limitations of amplification Our approach to developing signal processing to combat the effects of hearing loss The name of our digital platform

3.  Open Sound navigator contains the following stages: Analysis, Balance, and Noise Removal Analysis, Synthesis and Removal Synthesis, Balance and Noise Removal None of the above

4.  In a CROS system, the "transmitter" is the device worn on the ___________ ear to route the signal to the ____________ ear. Better - Poorer Poorer - Better Right - Left Left - Right

5.  Single-sided deafness is _________ hearing in one ear and normal hearing or an aidable hearing loss in the other ear. Aidable Unaidable Both of the above Neither of the above

6.  The advantages of OpenSound Optimizer for patients with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss include allowing more gain for prescription giving consistent access to speech in dynamic situations throughout the day without Neither of the above Both of the above

7.  We know from extensive research that being able to hear with two ear carries important cues that the brain uses for several purposes: Binaural loudness summation Binaural redundancy Binaural squelch Head shadow effect All of the above

8.  The fitting rationale usually recommended for Oticon Super-power/Ultra-power users is… Dynamic Speech Enhancement (DSE) DSL NAL-NL VAC+

9.  Individuals with single-sided deafness struggle the most with: Localization of sounds around them Understanding speech in noisy situations All of the above none of the above

10.  Individuals with single-sided deafness that have a hearing impairment in their "better" ear can benefit from a _________ system. CROS MonoCROS BiCROS DualCROS