Describe the air-conduction

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Assignment:

1. _____________ refers to suprathreshold testing that assesses the patient's ability to understand speech and is scored in percentage.

2. Describe the air-conduction and bone-conduction pathways of hearing.

3. Define interaural attenuation and masking as they relate to audiological evaluations.

4. How is the nature or type of hearing loss determined during an audiological evaluation?

5. As you know, 0 dB does not mean the absence of sound. What does 0 dB mean and why is it important to specify the type of decibel when indicating intensity (e.g., dB HL, dB SPL, dB SL, dB A, etc.)?

6. The battery of tests is used to assess middle ear function is

a. Auditory processing assessment

b. Otoacoustic emissions

c. Immittance

d. Pure-tone audiometry

7. This test assesses involuntary eye movements that occur as a result of abnormal balance

a. Videonystagmography

b. Transduction

c. Immittance

d. Auditory processing assessment

8. When measuring auditory evoked potentials, __________refers to the amount of time that elapses between the introduction of the stimulus and the response.

9. ___________This test determines the lowest intensity level at which the stapedius muscle will reflexively contract in response to intense (loud) sounds.

10. Why are supra-aural earphones, bone oscillators, and speakers used during audiological evaluations considered transducers?

11. When was the field of audiology first established?

12. What is the typical frequency range for human hearing?

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