Exam Preview for 35770: The Ponto System: Assessing Candidacy & Com

The Ponto System: Assessing Candidacy & Completing Pre-operative Evaluation of Bone Anchored Hearing Systems

Please note: exam questions are subject to change.

1. What is the recommended bone conduction pure-tone average criteria for the Ponto 4 sound processor? Up to 25 dB HL Up to 30 dB HL Up to 45 dB HL Up to 65 dB HL
2. What is the recommended bone conduction pure-tone average criteria for the Ponto 3 Super Power sound processor? Up to 25 dB HL Up to 30 dB HL Up to 45 dB HL Up to 65 dB HL
3. All of the following are advantages for BAHS over traditional hearing aids EXCEPT? Ear canals are open Problems with feedback Low gain (as compared to needing high gain) Better sound quality
4. Which is NOT an important reason to allow the patient to have an at-home trial of BAHS Ponto? Experience real-world situations with the sound processor Results show patients are more likely to proceed with surgery You don’t have time to program the processor appropriately d.Give patient confidence with controls
5. What is NOT one of the hearing expectations for SSD patients? Help them hear in difficult listening situations Improve safety Restore hearing in their deaf ear Reduce head shadow effects
6. What is the Ponto Care app designed to do? Guide you to experience different listening situations in your daily life, with ratings Empower the user to monitor their implant site Connects the professionals and the candidates All of the above
7. What information is most helpful in the decision making process? Multiple follow-up appointments and additional testing Discussion process, written information, and meeting other BAHS users Multiple follow-up appointments and detailed counseling Detailed counseling and meeting other BAHS users
8. When should a Ponto 3 Super Power be used? When on a softband, for all fittings, with some exceptions for purely conductive losses When on an abutment for mixed losses with bone better than 45 dB HL, and patient preference for the P3SP When on an abutment for large mixed losses with BC higher than 45 dB HL All of the above
9. Additional resources to support informed decisions, from Oticon Medical, include a counseling binder, informational sheets, and _____? Oticon Medical Friends (peer network) and demo box Additional testing Visit to headquarters in Somerset, NJ Cosmetic consult
10. Unilateral hearing loss for Ponto candidates means that The air conduction average score hearing in the better ear is 20 dB or better The hearing in the poorer ear must be profound The bone conduction average score hearing in the better ear is 20 dB or better None of the above