Deck 16: Management Strategies in Specific Patient Populations

Question 1

Knowledge required of audiologists working in schools includes:

A)Awareness of Federal legislation
B)Familiarity with special learning needs of children with hearing loss
C)Understanding of technology,such as the use of FM systems
D)All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Habilitation/rehabilitation of infant hearing loss is:

A)Completed at birth
B)Family centered
C)The responsibility of otolaryngologists
D)Deferred until kindergarten

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Describe what the "1-3-6 Principle" is and why it is important.

Answer 3

The 1-3-6 principle states that identification of hearing loss through hearing screening must take place within the first month of birth

Question 4

Audiologists can monitor auditory and facial nerve in the operating room during tumor removal surgery.

Question 5

Characteristics of effective patient reports are:

A)Simple and clear
B)Accurate
C)Supported by clinical findings
D)All of the above Short Answer

Question 6

The signal-to-noise ratio in a typical elementary school classroom varies between ________ and ______.

Question 7

An audiology or speech pathology report is a legal document.

Question 8

Children with cochlear implants can never function in a regular classroom.

Question 9

The recommended ANSI standards for classrooms require a signal-to-noise ratio of at least ______,with a background noise level not exceeding ______.

Question 10

An audiologist who is responsible for meeting the hearing needs of children in a school system is called ______________.

Question 11

Neurofibromas generally grow on only one side.

Question 12

Two important goals of cochlear implant programming are estimation of _______ and the __________.

Question 13

The acronym BPPV stands for ____________

Question 14

The overall objective in management of patients with cochlear implants is _____.

Question 15

Which of the following groups has developed guidelines for management of children with permanent hearing loss:

A)NIH
B)State licensure boards
C)Joint Committee on Infant Hearing
D)American Association of Interventionists AAI)

Question 16

The audiologist's role in helping a child with hearing loss usually stops once a diagnosis is made.

Question 17

Team members for management of auditory processing disorders may include:

A)Audiologists and Speech pathologists
B)Educators
C)Psychologists
D)All of the above

Question 18

Why is it important to determine the location of auditory dysfunction in patients with ANSD?

Question 19

Longer patient reports are always better.

Question 20

Audiologists play no role in the management of persons with balance disorders.

Question 21

Name a vestibular disorder in which the audiologist is directly involved in rehabilitation.

Question 22

List four essential components of a patient audiology report.