The child mentioned in the above question is assigned to your caseload for speech therapy. You send the child for a hearing test as part of the intake process. The hearing test shows a conductive hearing loss, with audiogram shown below. The parents are not concerned, because they’re aware that the child has had fluid for years. They believe childhood fluid will resolve on it’s own, with no need for medical intervention. What would you discuss with the parents prior to providing therapy? (The answer can be 1-2 sentences, it does not need to be an ‘essay’. However, please use complete sentences that are grammatically correct and reflect a complete thought.)

An adult works in a rock-band concert hall and loses some hearing from the high decibel levels he’s exposed to. This kind of hearing loss is: 

What is the degree and type of hearing loss for each ear? Audio 2.png

A six-month-old child is sent for an ABR, due to suspected hearing loss. Results show a severe-profound sensorineural hearing loss. The parents take the child for a second opinion, to a highly rated facility, and results show the same severe-profound sensorineural  hearing loss. The parents would like to book a few more appointments for ‘second opinions.’ You should encourage the parents to: 

Besides storing water, which of the following is also a function of the central vacuole in plant cells? 

How does conjugation differ from binary fission as a means of genetic exchange in bacteria? 

Two solutions are separated by a selectively permeable membrane, and water is observed moving from Solution A into Solution B until the levels stabilize. What can be concluded about the relative solute concentrations of A and B at the start? 

A bacterial cell carrying an antibiotic-resistance plasmid undergoes conjugation with a non-resistant cell via a sex pilus. What is the most likely outcome for the recipient cell? 

The process by which a cell releases materials to do the outside environment by fusing a vesicle with the cell membrane is called: 

A patient undergoing hemodialysis has their blood passed alongside a dialysis fluid across a selectively permeable membrane. If the dialysis fluid contains no urea and a lower concentration of potassium than the blood, what would you predict?