Kahoot Review Questions

Question 1

What type of transducer is recommended for ABR testing?

Answer 1

Insert earphones

Question 2

With this kind of polarity, the TM is displaced laterally

Answer 2

Rarefaction

Question 3

The SNRAVG is determined by input signal amplitude/output signal amplitude times what?

Answer 3

Square root of # of averages

Question 4

Majority of frequency energy in cortical response is below:

Answer 4

15 Hz

Question 5

An 8-bit A/D converter has an amplitude resolution of how many points?

Answer 5

256

Question 6

60-Hz line noise would correspond to what period?

Answer 6

17 ms

Question 7

Increasing the # of averages has what effect on the response?

Answer 7

Increases the SNR

Question 8

An increase in rate corresponds to what increase in latency in normal ears?

Answer 8

0.1 ms/10 Hz

Question 9

The use of this polarity may result in earlier Wave V latencies

Answer 9

Rarefaction

Question 10

With a 25k sampling rate, a conversion is made every 40 microsec and is known as the

Answer 10

dwell time

Question 11

What would be an appropriate rate for an ABR?

Answer 11

21.1 Hz

Question 12

How much amplification is applied to ABR recordings?

Answer 12

100k

Question 13

An appropriate filtering range for Cortical (late potentials) would be:

Answer 13

1-40 Hz

Question 14

What ASSR rate produces the largest response in awake adults?

Answer 14

40 Hz

Question 15

ASSR is different from the ABR in all but the following ways:

Answer 15

ASSR requires neural synchrony

Question 16

What is a disadvantage of ASSR?

Answer 16

Good predictor of normal hearing thresholds

Question 17

What can be done to prevent adaptation?

Answer 17

Use an amplitude-modulated tone

Question 18

The ASSR frequency that is being tested is known as the:

Answer 18

Carrier frequency

Question 19

ASSR uses an automatic detection algorithm to evaluate frequency strength and…

Answer 19

Phase coherence

Question 20

What is the appropriate modulation rate for evaluating the cortex?

Answer 20

20 Hz

Question 21

Which ASSR rate is not affected by sleep state?

Answer 21

80 Hz

Question 22

What statistic is used to determine if the power of the response> EEG noise?

Answer 22

F-test

Question 23

At what age is the ASSR more easily detected?

Answer 23

3 weeks

Question 24

What is a risk factor for hearing loss?

Answer 24

An Apgar score of 0-6 at 5 minutes

Question 25

What is considered an adequately low referral rate for screening ABR?

Answer 25

<4%

Question 26

Sedatives have the greatest effect on...

Answer 26

Late potentials

Question 27

The following pattern may indicate severe brainstem dysfunction:

Answer 27

Waves absent above Waves I and II

Question 28

Under what circumstances would a slight Wave I-V prolongation be a concern?

Answer 28

Young female

Question 29

Under what circumstance would you find peak latencies equally shifted across intensity levels?

Answer 29

Conductive hearing loss

Question 30

Responses to click stimuli are in greatest agreement with thresholds in what frequency range?

Answer 30

2-4 kHz

Question 31

Interaural latency differences should not exceed:

Answer 31

0.2 to 0.3 ms

Question 32

The following montage increases the separation between Waves IV and V:

Answer 32

Vertical with contralateral reference

Question 33

The following montage increases Wave I amplitude:

Answer 33

Horizontal montage

Question 34

The absence of otoferlin results in:

Answer 34

Abolishing calcium-triggered exocytosis

Question 35

What is a factor that increases the likelihood of a Bifid Wave I?

Answer 35

High stimulus level

Question 36

What is the electrode that is placed in the ear canal but does not touch the TM?

Answer 36

Tip-trode

Question 37

Which of the ECochG components produces direct current for the duration of the stimulus?

Answer 37

Summating potential

Question 38

Children discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) who show absent ABRs...

Answer 38

have thresholds that cannot be reliably estimated from ABRs

Question 39

The ECochG responses recorded from children discharged from the NICU show...

Answer 39

prolonged duration in more than half of patients

Question 40

Which electrode is placed on the surface of the TM?

Answer 40

Tymptrode

Question 41

Which of the following ECochG reflects alternating current from OHCs at basal turn of cochlea?

Answer 41

Cochlear microphonic

Question 42

What is the most commonly used analysis technique for ECochG recordings in Meinere's diagnosis?

Answer 42

Ratio of SP/AP amplitude

Question 43

When will the ABR in children with ANSD not be present?

Answer 43

Recording to stimuli with alternating polarities

Question 44

What is the minimum inter-aural latency difference that may suggest retrocochlear pathology?

Answer 44

0.2 ms

Question 45

The normal intra-wave I-V delay is...

Answer 45

~4 ms

Question 46

What would a large peak following wave V indicate?

Answer 46

Post-auricular muscle artifact

Question 47

What is a response to a stimulus that is not time locked?

Answer 47

Induced

Question 48

What is an example of a following response?

Answer 48

40 Hz

Question 49

Which structure does not have spatially aligned dendrites?

Answer 49

Thalamus

Question 50

How could you describe an action potential?

Answer 50

Fast changes in membrane potential that last 1 ms

Question 51

What are + and - voltages separated in space called?

Answer 51

Dipoles

Question 52

Which evoked response is labeled with roman numerals?

Answer 52

ABR

Question 53

What carries information from 1 neural structure to the next?

Answer 53

Action potential

Question 54

Which surgical approach allows good access to the root entry zone of the auditory nerve?

Answer 54

Retrosigmoid

Question 55

Which surgical approach is best for avoiding facial nerve damage?

Answer 55

Translabyrinthine

Question 56

Which surgery approaches allow the possibility of hearing preservation?

Answer 56

Retrosigmoid and middle fossa

Question 57

What is not a good indicator for IOM?

Answer 57

When the patient has no insurance

Question 58

What are the components of the AN-CAP?

Answer 58

N1 and P1

Question 59

What is the name of the damage that is caused by interrupted blood supply?

Answer 59

Ischemic

Question 60

Children with speech-in-noise deficits have the following FFR abnormalities...

Answer 60

Prolonged latencies in noise

Question 61

What behavioral-FFR relationship was found in toddlers?

Answer 61

Consonants-in-noise score relates to phonological processing

Question 62

What FFR characteristics are found in children with autism?

Answer 62

Disrupted pitch tracking

Question 63

Older adults with poor speech-in-noise performance have the following FFR characteristics...

Answer 63

Greater degradative effects of noise

Question 64

Older adults have the following FFR characteristics compared to younger adults...

Answer 64

Lower phase locking

Question 65

The ABR may miss a tumor because...

Answer 65

The ABR may not show abnormalities when the tumor is small

Question 66

Under what circumstance would you not expect to find significant interaural latency differences...

Answer 66

Unilateral mild sensorineural hearing loss

Question 67

When using Blackman ramping, the duration of the envelope for 1000 Hz would be...

Answer 67

4 sec., 2 sec

Question 68

What is an appropriate rate when performing threshold testing in babies?

Answer 68

39.1 Hz

Question 69

What polarity should be used with bone conduction testing?

Answer 69

Alternating

Question 70

At what wave peak to trough amplitude should you stop averaging?

Answer 70

40 nV or more

Question 71

When is a "no response" detected?

Answer 71

You have a flat waveform with residual noise that is <25 nV

Question 72

At what age are ABR latencies the earliest?

Answer 72

5-8 years old

Question 73

What is a sex effect on ABR?

Answer 73

Earlier latencies and larger amplitudes in females