CCC Audiology and Hearing Sciences

Question 1

Which type of hearing loss results from damage to the outer or middle ear, preventing adequate sound transmission to the cochlea?

Accepted Answer

Conductive hearing loss

Answer

Sensorineural hearing loss

Answer

Mixed hearing loss

Answer

Central auditory processing disorder

Question 2

On an audiogram, the air-bone gap indicates which finding?

Accepted Answer

Conductive component to the hearing loss

Answer

Sensorineural hearing loss

Answer

Normal hearing

Answer

Central auditory processing disorder

Question 3

Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) measure the function of which structure?

Accepted Answer

Outer hair cells of the cochlea

Answer

Auditory cortex

Answer

Middle ear ossicles

Answer

Auditory nerve (CN VIII)

Question 4

Which audiological test assesses the integrity of the auditory brainstem pathway by measuring electrical responses to sound?

Accepted Answer

Auditory brainstem response (ABR)

Answer

Pure tone audiometry

Answer

Otoacoustic emissions (OAE)

Answer

Acoustic reflex threshold testing

Question 5

Presbycusis is defined as age-related hearing loss and typically presents as which audiometric pattern?

Accepted Answer

High-frequency sensorineural hearing loss

Answer

Low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss

Answer

Flat conductive hearing loss

Answer

Unilateral conductive loss

Question 6

Tympanometry assesses the function and compliance of which structure?

Accepted Answer

Tympanic membrane and middle ear system

Answer

Cochlea

Answer

Auditory nerve

Answer

Eustachian tube only