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Audiologic Assessment & Diagnosis Flashcards

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  1. Word recognition scores of 0% in one ear with normal audiometric thresholds in the same ear most strongly suggest:

    Answer: Pseudohypacusis (non-organic hearing loss)

    Normal thresholds with 0% word recognition is a pattern inconsistent with organic pathology and strongly suggests non-organic hearing loss.

  2. During pure-tone audiometry, the Stenger test is used when:

    Answer: Unilateral non-organic hearing loss is suspected

    The Stenger test exploits the binaural Stenger effect to detect feigned unilateral hearing loss by presenting tones to both ears simultaneously.

  3. A Type Ad tympanogram is characterized by:

    Answer: Abnormally high peak compliance

    Type Ad (deep) tympanograms show abnormally high static admittance, often associated with ossicular discontinuity or a flaccid eardrum.

  4. Rollover on a performance-intensity function for word recognition is defined as a PI-PB max minus PI-PB score at high intensities greater than:

    Answer: 20%

    A rollover index exceeding 0.45 (or a drop >20 percentage points) at high intensities is considered significant for retrocochlear pathology.

  5. Which behavioral hearing test technique is most appropriate for a typically developing 8-month-old infant?

    Answer: Visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA)

    VRA is most appropriate from approximately 6 months to 2.5 years of age, using head-turn responses reinforced by animated toys.

  6. The supra-aural earphone calibration standard requires audiometric zero at 1000 Hz to be set to:

    Answer: 7 dB SPL

    For TDH-type supra-aural earphones, audiometric 0 dB HL at 1000 Hz corresponds to approximately 7 dB SPL per ANSI standards.

  7. High-frequency audiometry (above 8000 Hz) is particularly useful for monitoring ototoxicity because:

    Answer: Cochlear damage from ototoxic drugs begins at the base and progresses apically

    Ototoxic drugs damage the basal (high-frequency) cochlear region first, so extended high-frequency audiometry detects early changes before speech-frequency loss occurs.