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Chapter 4
Intro Audiology (Exam 2)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do pure tone audiograms depict? | the degree of hearing loss by frequency |
| What can pure tone audiograms NOT depict? | degree of disability |
| What types of sounds do we hear every day? | complex sounds |
| What does speech audiometry provide? | information about the degree of communication/hearing handicap |
| What does speech audiometry tell us? | the patient's degree of hearing loss for speech, levels required for the most comfortable and uncomfortable loudness levels, range of comfortable loudness, and the ability to recognize and discriminate sounds of speech |
| WHy would an SLP use speech audiometry? | for therapy planning and goal setting |
| How does a speech audiometry differ from pure tones? | the stimulus is speech, requires an audiometer with speech capabilities, patient response is to repeat the word |
| What is a VU meter? | allows someone to measure the peak intensity of a signal, target word should peak at zero |
| What should you do when using a monitored live voice for speech audiometry? | attention must be paid to the VU meter to make sure that the signal is accurate |
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