Audiology and Speech Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 41: Responses are NOT frequency specific in _____

Answer: BERA (Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry)

Flashcard 42: Normal threshold for BC on PTA is _____dB

Answer: 25

Flashcard 43: _____ is an objective measure of ET function and is considered the best test.

Answer: Tympanometry

Flashcard 44: _____ 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 45: What is the best audiometric test for diagnosing non-organic hearing loss?_____

Answer: BERA

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: 15-20

Flashcard 50: Between BERA and CERA, which objective hearing test requires the patient to be awake and lie still?

Answer: CERA (Cortical Evoked Response Audiometry)

Extra: BERA (Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry) can be performed under sleep or sedation because the response is not affected by the patient's state of consciousness. CERA, however, is affected by the state of arousal and requires the patient to be alert, awake, and still.