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Functional Listening Evaluations: Answering Questions for the Clinical Audiologist

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1.  What are the components of a classroom listening assessment? Observation Behavioral assessment Self-assessment All of the above

2.  What is a functional listening evaluation? A measure of a child’s hearing aid function in a test box A behavioral evaluation to assess a child’s performance with speech understanding in a real world environment A parent questionnaire regarding their satisfaction with their school’s education services An audiometric test measuring a child’s hearing thresholds in a sound booth

3.  When performing a Functional Listening Evaluation, what parameters can be manipulated to measure performance? Distance Visual cues Use of hearing assistive technology (HAT) All of the above

4.  The “close” and “far” conditions of the Recorded Functional Listening Evaluation Using Sentences are: 1 ft / 10 ft 3 ft / 6 ft 3 ft / 12 ft 4 ft / 12 ft

5.  When communicating the results of a Functional Listening Evaluation: Simply indicate percentages. No further explanation is needed Relate the results to the impact of learning in the classroom environment Avoid jargon B and C