Speech Audiometry

Question 1

What are the types of speech audiometry?

Answer 1

Speech Recognition
Speech Detection/Awareness
Word Recognition
Pattern Perception

Question 2

What are the testing considerations for speech audiometry?

Question 3

How do you calibrate the speech audiometer?

Question 4

How do you calibrate the stimuli and transducer?

Question 5

How do you decide your method of presentation?

Answer 5

SRT = 15 softer than best AC at 1000 Hz

Question 6

What is redundancy and uncertainty?

Question 7

Why do we test for speech?

Question 8

What does speech audiometry do that puretone audiometry does not?

Question 9

What are the limitations of speech audiometry?

Question 10

What are the tests for hearing sensitivity?

Answer 10

SRT, SAT/SDT

Question 11

What is the point of SRTs?

Question 12

What are the different threshold levels?

Answer 12

MCL - most comfortable level
UCL - most uncomfortable level
LDL - loudness detection level
?? TD - threshold detection???

Question 13

What is recognition in quiet?

Question 14

What is recognition in noise?

Question 15

What is phonemic regression?

Answer 15

Decrease in intelligibility of speech out of proportion to the pure tone hearing loss associated with aging

Question 16

What is the PI-PB function?

Answer 16

Speech recognition performance depends on the intensity of the speech stimulus

Phonetically and Phonemically balanced words are used

Question 17

What is the PB rollover?

Answer 17

Condition where WRS at a level above the PB-max is lower by 20%

Reduction of speech recognition scores that occur above PBmax

Question 18

How many words should be included in the list - diagnostically?

Question 19

At what intensity level(s) should you present word lists?

Answer 19

UCL-5
2OOO Hz rule
40 dB above SRT

Question 20

What are the variables for word recognition testing?

Question 21

How do you interpret WRS?

Question 22

If patient’s MCL is 105 dB HL and the UCL is at 115 dB HL, you present the WRS stimuli in the right ear at the appropriate level, is masking necessary?

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

The lowest level at which a patient can hear speech

Answer 23

SAT/SDT

Question 24

The lowest level at which a patient can correctly identify speech 50% of the time

Answer 24

SRT

Question 25

Stimulus is any speech, including random running speech, strings of words, or singing

Answer 25

SAT/SDT

Question 26

Stimulus is spondees

Answer 26

SRT

Question 27

Stimulus is CVC or other monosyllabic words

Answer 27

WRS

Question 28

Familiarization of word list is recommended

Answer 28

SRT

Question 29

Corresponds to PTA

Answer 29

SRT

Question 30

Corresponds to best threshold

Answer 30

SDT/SAT

Question 31

Reported as percentage

Answer 31

WRS

Question 32

Reported as dB HL

Answer 32

SDT/SAT/SRT

Question 33

Suprathreshold measure

Answer 33

WRS

Question 34

T/F: MLV testing yields a lower speech threshold compared to recorded testing

Answer 34

False

Question 35

T/F: MLV testing is usually faster than recorded testing

Answer 35

True

Question 36

T/F: Audiologist's face needs to be covered or hidden when obtaining speech thresholds via MLV

Answer 36

True

Question 37

What is the purpose of the VU meter?

Answer 37

Ensure MLV is neither too loud or too soft

Question 37

"Say the word...." is an example of a ______________

Answer 37

carrier phrase

Question 38

Example of WRS word lists

Answer 38

NU-6, PB-50, CID, W-22

Question 39

Most WRS word lists are ___________ words in length

Answer 39

50

Question 40

What is PBmax?

Answer 40

Maximum score on PI-PB function

Question 41

Whenever possible, ___________ should be used to present WRS stimuli

Answer 41

recorded words

Question 42

T/F: In general, with WRS testing, the presentation level is positively correlated with performance

Answer 42

True

Question 43

T/F: In general, with WRS testing, presentation level has no significant impact on performance

Answer 43

False

Question 44

What is PB-max?

Answer 44

Highest WRS a person can achieve across all possible presentation levels

Question 45

Suppose Mr. A had a WRS of 80% in the RE and 60% in the LE. Based on Katz table, the difference is ____________

Answer 45

Significant only if the full 50 word list was presented

Question 46

What presentation level are you are most likely to achieve PB-max in almost every patient without exceeding their UCL

Answer 46

5 dB below the patient's UCL