Sample Questions for Final Exam
1) Plot the amplified speech spectrum on the attached dB SPL plot and determine if the gain at 1000 Hz is appropriate re: Ross and Seewald.
2) Would you support binaural amplification? Provide reasons based on the audiometric information and non-audiometric information to support your answer.
3) Describe the testing method most likely used with this child.
4) Do you agree with the hearing aid selected? Support your answer.
5) Describe the FM system options that you would want to have available if you were in charge of a school program so that all children could be fit optimally, ie. Some will have t-coils on their aids and some will not, some will interface with DAI and many will not, etc.
6) A child has a severe high-frequency hearing loss. Indicate the rationale based on short-term acoustic characteristics for whether this child would have difficulty discriminating "loop" from "pawn."
7) For the following activity, write the possible auditory training objective. Include one of the following words: awareness, discrimination, identification, or comprehension.
Child hears pairs of words and points to corresponding pairs of pictures.
8) Give examples to illustrate how the following concepts relate to families with children with hearing loss
a) homeostasis
b) family paradigm
9) You are the aural habilitation specialist in a district and responsible for all children with audiological problems that are not served in self-contained classrooms. You are requested to submit a grant for your program needs that will be innovative and maximize the impact of the dollars. Write a brief proposal with estimated costs for a project. Include categories for personnel and equipment describing how each will be used. Indicate what populations will benefit from the grant and the rationale for that benefit.
In Class Amplification Problem
Given:
A child has the following unaided Soundfield thresholds in dB HL and was fit with a hearing aid that provided the following gain.
Thresholds
Frequency (Hz) 250 500 1000 2000 4000
70 80 85 85 90
Gain 40 35 45 50 50
Determine:
Plot the child's unaided thresholds and aided thresholds on the dB SPL plot and decide whether or not the entire average speech spectrum is audible.
Auditory Training Goal Critique
Goal: Betty will demonstrate ability to recall 5 details of an unfamiliar, concrete event with 90% accuracy with no competing noise in the environment.
Objective #1: Betty will demonstrate ability to recall 5 details with 100% accuracy after a concrete familiar experience.
Stimuli: Make pudding then review steps in sequence and recall five details.
Stimuli: Birthday Party, list experiences, then recall details.
Objective #2: Betty will demonstrate ability to recall 5 details of an unfamiliar, concrete experience with 90% accuracy.
Stimuli: Paint a t-shirt and list experiences and recall details.
Stimuli: Plant seeds and list experiences and recall details.
Goal: Father will be able to perform a daily hearing aid check and troubleshoot problems without assistance with the equipment available: hearing aid, new battery, soap and water, stethoscope, q-tip, and typewriter brush.
Objective #1: Father will demonstrate understanding of the components of a hearing aid.
Stimuli: Father will be asked to explain the function of the external parts of a hearing aid: mold, etc.
Stimuli: Father will be asked to explain the function of the internal parts of a hearing aid: microphone, amplifier, etc.
Objective #2: Father will demonstrate ability to detect and correct minor problems with a hearing aid and determine when the hearing aid requires work that cannot be done at home.
Stimuli: Father will demonstrate ability to detect problems with the earmold, tubing, clogged mic, and battery.
Stimuli: Father will demonstrate ability to correct problems with the earmold, tubing, clogged mic and battery.