Audiology and Speech Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The following instrument is a _____

Answer: tympanometer

Flashcard 2: _____ is the psycho acoustic unit of noise

Answer: Phon

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Flashcard 3: In noise induced hearing loss, there is a dip in the _____ conduction curve, called as Boiler's notch, maximally at 4000 Hz

Answer: bone and air

Flashcard 4: Negative Rinne for 256, 512 and 1024 Hz indicates a minimum AB gap of _____, 30, 45 dB, respectively.

Answer: 15

Flashcard 5: _____ tells about the minimum intensity at which 50% of the words are repeated correctly by the patient.

Answer: Speech reception threshold

Flashcard 6: Type _____ tympanogram indicates increased compliance and normal pressure, seen in ossicular discontinuity, or thin and lax TM

Answer: Ad

Flashcard 7: _____ test examines the effect of increased air pressure in ear canal on bone conduction

Answer: Gelle's

Flashcard 8: _____ test is a test of bone conduction and examines the effect of occlusion of ear canal on the hearing.

Answer: Bing

Flashcard 9: BERA shows _____wave in retrocochlear hearing loss

Answer: only I-

Flashcard 10: U shaped/trough shaped/cookie bite shaped audiogram suggests midfrequency hearing loss and is seen in _____ and cochlear otosclerosis.

Answer: congenital hearing loss