Exam 9: Special Speech Audiometry Tests and Auditory Evoked Responses

An auditory evoked potential is recorded in response to a sound presented through insert earphones.What type of transducer is used to record the evoked potentials?

Early diagnostic speech audiometry procedures were first described in publications during what decade?

ABR responses are elicited using _____ or ______.

The ABR cannot be recorded from children who are sleeping or sedated.

In which of the following tests are different words,digits,or sentences are presented to each ear at the same time?

Word recognition measurement in quiet is an example of a diagnostic speech audiometry test.

________________ and his colleagues are credited with discovering Auditory Brain Stem Responses.

List three different kinds of noise used in speech-in-noise tests.

Dichotic tests utilize which of the following kinds of speech materials?

The ABR is a complete test of hearing.

Describe the SSI-ICM test and why it is useful.

Wave III of the ABR is believed to originate from the ______ part of the brainstem.

Which tests fall into the category of diagnostic speech audiometry?

Wave V of the ABR is believed to originate mostly from the ______ part of the brainstem.

Why are very brief sounds such as clicks good stimuli for eliciting an ABR?

Why the ABR is important in pediatric hearing assessment?

Describe the PI-PB function.

A left ear advantage is normally found on dichotic listening tests.

Multi-talker babble is synonymous with cafeteria noise.

The three major waves or components of the ABR are: _____,____,and ____.