MIdterm

Question 1

Are Hearing and Understanding the same thing?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

What tests hearing

Answer 2

puretone testing

Question 3

what tests understanding

Answer 3

speech testing

Question 4

What are the two ways for speech testing

Answer 4

CD and monitor live voicing (MLV)

Question 5

What is speech detection

Answer 5

lowest level detecting a word. Not used all the time.

Question 6

What is Speech recognition

Answer 6

lowest level you can hear and understand. try to do it

Question 7

what finds speech recognition

Answer 7

houstin westlake

Question 8

what is the houstin westlake

Answer 8

5+ 10-

Question 9

What kind of words are used during a houstin westlake

Answer 9

spondees (hotdog)

Question 10

how to find the puretone average

Answer 10

500 1K 2K divide by 3 be in range of 7 If it is more they are faking it

Question 11

what is MCL

Answer 11

most comfortable loudness level

Question 12

what is UCL

Answer 12

uncomfortable loudness level

Question 13

What is dynamic range important for

Answer 13

hearing aids

Question 14

what is the the difference between reliability and validity

Answer 14

validity measures what it says it will measure

reliability every time test is given test will reveal similar scores each time.

Question 15

what are the three key factors for validity

Answer 15

test will measure what its supposed to
how well a test will compare to similar tests
how tests stands up to alterations of signal that are known to affect other speech test in specific ways

Question 16

Is word recognition and SRT the same thing?

Answer 16

no

Question 17

what is SRT

Answer 17

speech recognition threshold

Question 18

what words do we use to test hearing and understand

Answer 18

monosyllabic

Question 19

how many monosyllabic words are used when testing

Answer 19

50

Question 20

When testing comfortable loudness level what do we turn it up to

Answer 20

40db

Question 21

what are the two types of word lists

Answer 21

Phonetically balanced word lists(W22) and Consonant nucleus consonant word list(NU-6)

Question 22

what are somethings about the Phonetically balanced word lists

Answer 22

phonetically balanced
not completely valid
took 200 words and made it into 4 lists

Question 23

What are something about Consanant nucleus consonant word lists NU-6

Answer 23

CVC
monosyllabic
4 list of 50
not phonetically balanced
more valid reliable

Question 24

can you mask for speech

Answer 24

yes

Question 25

what is narrow band noise

Answer 25

noise for nontest ear for masking

Question 26

when producing low pitches what do we add to accomidate to occlusion effect

Answer 26

15db

Question 27

what is he scale we test for interpreting speech

Answer 27

``` 90-100 excellent 80-89 good 70-79 fair 60-69 poor 59 and below very poor ```

Question 28

what is the purpose for masking

Answer 28

prevent cross hearing

Question 29

What is Interaural attenuation (IA)

Answer 29

same as cross hearing. Headphones on testing left leaks out and other ear better that can hear it. 40 db

Question 30

What are Insert headphones db

Answer 30

70db

Question 31

what method is used with the platoe

Answer 31

hoods

Question 32

what are the symbols used for masking

Answer 32

mask air right Tringle mask bone right [ Mask air left square mask bone left ]

Question 33

what is bone cnduction

Answer 33

platoe method | look at bone scores of non test ear

Question 34

what is tympanometry

Answer 34

measure outter and inner ear pressure

Question 35

too much fluid movement

Answer 35

can break ossicals

Question 36

when fluid doesn't move

Answer 36

cause blockage

Question 37

what are the four components in the ear

Answer 37

ear canal volume ear canal pressure static compliance width

Question 38

what two muscles contract with acoustic reflex

Answer 38

stapedius and tensor tympani

Question 39

what are the five results o fa tympanigram

Answer 39

``` Type A Type As(swallow) Type Ad(deep) Type B Type C look at pics on paper too ```

Question 40

what level of sound do the mucles contract?

Answer 40

high sounds

Question 41

What is Ippsiladeral

Answer 41

same

Question 42

what is contralateral

Answer 42

opposite

Question 43

what is OAE

Answer 43

otto acoustic omission | present or absent (screener)

Question 44

what is ABR

Answer 44

auditory brain stem response

Question 45

what does ABR do

Answer 45

measures brainstem

Question 46

what wave is threshold

Answer 46

5th wave

Question 47

when intensity goes down threshold does what

Answer 47

down

Question 48

look at the drawing for bonus

Answer 48

the ear thing