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Verification & Counseling of Digital Hearing Instruments with the AURICAL PMM System

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1.  Verification of hearing instruments provides the following advantages: Provides objective information regarding the accuracy of the fit Helps to improve overall satisfaction/success with the hearing instrument(s) Minimizes the number of return visits All of the above

2.  Validation provides: An objective way to measure the fitting A subjective way to measure the outcome of the fitting An objective measure of the gain None of the above

3.  A probe microphone measure ending in the letter "R" refers to: A dB difference value A dB SPL absolute response value A gain value None of the above

4.  Coupler based fittings should be conducted if: You are fitting a young child or an uncooperative adult You want to speed up the fitting & verification process You want to improve the efficiency of your fittings All of the above

5.  Placing the probe microphone too shallow in the ear canal with result in: No difference in the measurements An overestimate the low frequency gain An underestimate the low frequency gain An underestimate the high frequency gain