Deck 9: Special Speech Audiometry Tests and Auditory Evoked Responses

Question 1

ABR responses are elicited using _____ or ______.

Answer 1

Clicks

Question 2

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?

A)Headphone
B)Insert earphone
C)Bone conduction vibrator
D)Electrodes True or False

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which tests fall into the category of diagnostic speech audiometry?

A)Filtered word tests
B)Dichotic listening tests
C)Speech-in-noise tests
D)All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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

A)Dichotic tests
B)Filtered word tests
C)Speech-in-noise tests
D)PI-PB test

Question 5

The time difference between stimulus presentation and measurement of each peak in the ABR waveform is called
a.Absolute latency
b.Interpeak latency
c.Amplitude
d.Wave morphology

Question 6

Multi-talker babble is synonymous with cafeteria noise.

Question 7

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

A)1950s
B)1960s
C)1970s
D)1980s

Question 8

There is usually no need for further assessment for a patient whose hearing complaints are confirmed by abnormal performance on pure tone and/or simple speech audiometry.

Question 9

A type of noise consisting of multiple speakers speaking simultaneously in which words can be occasionally understood is called

A)Multitalker babble
B)Broadband speech noise
C)Cocktail party noise
D)Cafeteria noise

Question 10

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

A)CV syllables
B)Spondee words
C)Sentences
D)All of the above

Question 11

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

Question 12

The acronym ABR refers to _______________________________________.

Question 13

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

Question 14

The ABR can be used to estimate auditory thresholds at different frequencies.

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

The latency of ABR wave V is the time it occurs after the __________________.

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

Describe the PI-PB function.

Question 22

Why the ABR is important in pediatric hearing assessment?

Question 23

Define what is meant by the phrase "distorted speech tests."

Question 24

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

Question 25

Provide a possible physiological explanation for abnormal rollover.

Question 26

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

Question 27

What are the two major features of ABR waves that are analyzed?

Question 28

The ABR is a complete test of hearing.
Short Answer

Question 29

How is a click different from a tone burst?

Question 30

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