Fitting Hard to Fit Hearing Loss: Part I

1. What is not considered a standard fitting?

A. Symmetrical HTLs and WRS

B. Fluctuating hearing loss

C. Mild-to-moderate to moderate SNHL

D. Presbycusis

2. How do we fit hearing aids? (check all that apply)

A. Measure thresholds

B. Speech testing

C. No fine tuning

D. Fitting targets generated in software or REM

3. Assumptions when fitting hearing aids (check all that apply)

A. Restore audibility

B. Correct for threshold loss

C. All speech is valuable

D. Targets are not important

4. What is NOT part of the prescriptive process?

A. Input data

B. Prescription

C. No fine tuning starting point

D. Fine tuning starting point

5. What parameter is NOT used for calculating targets?

A. Gain100

B. MCL

C. Hearing threshold

D. Gain50

6. The audiogram shows how the patient understands speech.

True

False

7. Hearing impairment is measured by only a change to the audiogram

True

False

8. Which range of speech is most valuable?

A. 200-500 Hz

B. 2000-3000 Hz

C. 500-1000 Hz

D. 4000-5000 Hz

9. What is/are true about targets? (check all that apply)

A. Fit to intelligibility, fine tune to satisfy

B. Sound quality

C. Targets are a good place to start

D. Targets are the same for all patients

10. What is a goal for a hearing fitting

A. Unified sound in both ears

B. Perfect speech scores

C. Complete audibility for all sounds

D. Same adjustments in both hearing aids

11. Can we determine the frequency response the patient will like from the audiogram?

Yes

12. We can restore thresholds to normal for all types of hearing loss.

True

False

13. What are the most important aspects of hearing aid fitting for patients? (check all that apply)

A. Hear speech

B. Understanding speech

C. Fine tuning

D. Correction of all thresholds to normal range.

14. We manipulate sound so the patient gets the most use out of that sound.

True

False

15. What is a better way to look at fitting hearing aids?

A. Hearing loss correction

B. Make use of the remaining hearing of the patient.

C. Compensation for threshold loss gain

D. Only look at hearing aid response in target area

Fitting Hard to Fit Hearing Loss: Part I

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