Audiology and Speech Disorders Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Audiology and Speech Disorders Flashcard Deck - 67 Cards
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: Negative Rinne for 256, 512 and 1024 Hz indicates a minimum AB gap of _____, 30, 45 dB, respectively.
Answer: 15
Flashcard 4: 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 5: Type _____ tympanogram indicates increased compliance and normal pressure, seen in ossicular discontinuity, or thin and lax TM
Answer: Ad
Flashcard 6: _____ tells about the minimum intensity at which 50% of the words are repeated correctly by the patient.
Answer: Speech reception threshold
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
Flashcard 11: If there is unilateral _____ hearing loss, the Weber test localizes to the normal ear
Answer: sensorineural
Flashcard 12: If there is unilateral _____ hearing loss, the Weber test localizes to the affected ear
Answer: conductive
Flashcard 13: Impedence audiometry consists of _____ and acoustic reflex measurements
Answer: Tympanometry
Flashcard 14: In _____ hearing loss, Rinne is false negative.
Answer: severe unilateral sensorineural
Flashcard 15: Rinne test is called _____ when AC is longer or louder than BC.
Answer: positive
Flashcard 16: Speech audiometry consists of _____ and SDS.
Answer: SRT
Flashcard 17: BERA shows _____ wave in sensorineural cochlear hearing loss
Answer: delayed I
Flashcard 18: _____ can help in early detection of noise-induced hearing loss
Answer: OAEs (Test)
Flashcard 19: Click stimulus is used for _____
Answer: BERA (CERA/BERA)
Flashcard 20: Which wave of BERA is most sensitive to hearing loss?_____
Answer: Wave I
Flashcard 21: _____ frequencies affected first in conditions such as presbycusis, ototoxicity, noise induced hearing loss and intracranial schwannoma
Answer: Higher
Flashcard 22: Normal threshold for AC on PTA is _____dB
Answer: 15
Flashcard 23: _____ hearing in Patch test is seen in technical fault or improper hearing
Answer: No improvement in
Flashcard 24: Short increment sensitivity score (SISI) is a test of intensity discrimination which is _____ in cochlear pathologies
Answer: very high
Flashcard 25: _____ is unsuitable for children
Answer: CERA (BERA/CERA)
Flashcard 26: SISI score for retrocochlear hearing loss is _____%
Answer: 0-20
Flashcard 27: Tone stimulus is used for _____
Answer: CERA (CERA/BERA)
Flashcard 28: What is the best audiometric test for screening in neonates, infants, and small children for deafness due to inner ear causes?_____
Answer: OAEs
Flashcard 29: _____ test is a tuning fork test that compares the bone conduction of the patient with that of the examiner
Answer: Schwabach
Flashcard 30: _____ refers to abnormal growth of loudness
Answer: Recruitment
Flashcard 31: What is the best audiometric test for confirming hearing loss in infants?_____
Answer: BERA
Flashcard 32: Impedance audiometry uses frequency probe of _____ Hz.
Answer: 220
Flashcard 33: Type _____ tympanogram indicates normal pressure and normal compliance in a normal ear.
Answer: A
Flashcard 34: Acoustic reflex decay is a feature of _____ hearing loss
Answer: retrocochlear (cochlear/retrocochlear)
Flashcard 35: Gelle's test is _____ when ossicular chain is fixed or disconnected.
Answer: negative
Flashcard 36: In Electrocochleography, the _____ potential measures the electrical activity of the hair cells within the organ of corti.
Answer: Summating
Flashcard 37: _____ is used to mask non-test ear while testing bone conduction.
Answer: Barany s noise box
Flashcard 38: Natural resonance of EAC is _____ Hz.
Answer: 3000
Flashcard 39: SISI score for cochlear hearing loss is _____%
Answer: 70-100
Flashcard 40: Responses are NOT frequency specific in _____
Answer: BERA (CERA/BERA)
Flashcard 41: indicates _____ on PTA
Answer: AC
Flashcard 42: _____ is an objective measure of ET function and is considered the best test.
Answer: Tympanometry
Flashcard 43: Normal threshold for BC on PTA is _____dB
Answer: 25
Flashcard 44: What is the best audiometric test for diagnosing non-organic hearing loss?_____
Answer: BERA
Flashcard 45: _____ phenomenon means that with an increase in speech intensity above a particular level, the PB word score falls rather than maintain a plateau
Answer: Roll over
Flashcard 46: _____ is the perception of a single auditory stimulus as sounds of a different pitch in the two ears.
Answer: Diplacusis
Flashcard 47: In an Upsloping/ascending audiogram - _____ frequencies are affected first like in the early stages of Meniere's disease
Answer: lower
Flashcard 48: _____ tells about the patient s ability to understand speech
Answer: Speech discrimination score
Flashcard 49: A negative Rinne indicates a minimum air-bone gap of _____ dB.
Answer: 1520
Flashcard 50: Patient needs to lie still in _____
Answer: CERA (CERA/BERA)
Flashcard 51: Wave IV of BERA is produced by the _____
Answer: superor olivary complex
Flashcard 52: _____ is an objective test used widely to assess middle ear function, particularly in children
Answer: Impedence audiometry
Flashcard 53: ] indicates _____ on PTA
Answer: BC
Flashcard 54: In Electrocochleography, the _____ potential measures the electrical activity in distal part of auditory nerve
Answer: Action
Flashcard 55: Stapedial reflex is activated at a sound level of _____dB over the threshold of patient's hearing
Answer: 70-100
Flashcard 56: _____ test is done to rule out malingering in hearing
Answer: Stengers
Flashcard 57: _____ is an objective test that records electrical activity occurring in the auditory pathway.
Answer: BERA
Flashcard 58: The following instrument is a _____
Answer: tympanometer
Flashcard 59: In a Downsloping/descending audiogram- _____ frequencies affected first
Answer: higher
Flashcard 60: In Electrocochleography, the cochlear _____ measure the electrical activity that follow the stimulus
Answer: microphonics
Flashcard 61: Recruitment is tested by _____ test
Answer: ABLB (Alternate Binaural Loudness Balance)
Flashcard 62: The threshold for stapedial reflex is _____ in cochlear lesions
Answer: decreased
Flashcard 63: _____ is an objective test of the middle ear and Eustachian tube functions
Answer: Tympanometry
Flashcard 64: Short increment sensitivity score (SISI) is a test of intensity discrimination which is _____ in retrocochlear pathologies
Answer: low
Flashcard 65: Wave VI of BERA is produced by the _____
Answer: inferior colliculus
Flashcard 66: Schwabach s test is _____ in conductive deafness.
Answer: lengthened
Flashcard 67: Acoustic Dip or Boiler s notch of Noise induced hearing loss is seen at _____ Hz
Answer: 4000
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