pure tone audiometry

Question 1

Young people with normal hearing are able to
perceive frequencies between?

Answer 1

20 and 20,000 Hz

Question 2

Conventional pure-tone audiometry typically
assesses thresholds for frequencies between
250 (or 125) and 8,000 Hz.
true or false?

Answer 2

true

Question 3

which kind of test is done to examine all the auditory pathway from peripheral to the central cortex?

Answer 3

pure tone audiometry test

Question 4

The principal tool used in the process
of evaluating a patient’s auditory
functioning is?

Answer 4

audiometer.

Question 5

The smallest intensity of a sound that a
person needs to detect its presence is called?

Answer 5

threshold for that sound

Question 6

Thresholds are obtained by both?

Answer 6

air and bone-conduction

Question 7

audiometric (supra-aural) earphones
can test?

Answer 7

Air-conduction

Question 8

Bone-conduction thresholds are measured using ?

Answer 8

vibratory bone oscillator placed on the mastoid

Question 9

red circle symbol represents right or left ear?

Answer 9

right ear

Question 10

left ear is represented by blue X
true or false?

Answer 10

true

Question 11

The bone conduction from the right ear is represented as the red lesser than sign. The blue bigger than sign is the left bone conduction.

true or false?

Answer 11

true

Question 12

500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hertz.
are the frequencies we test for?

Answer 12

bone conduction

Question 13

for air conduction, we test between 250 and 8000 Hertz.
true or false?

Answer 13

true

Question 14

what are the frequencies used for pure tone average(PTA)?

Answer 14

500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz