Cochlear implants, in general, have the following components:

Questions 1-9 refer to the following Case 1: This patient is an 82-year-old gentleman with a history of a gradually progressive hearing loss in both ears, over the last 15 years.  He states that he has difficulty hearing, especially in groups and that he understands better when people speak more slowly.  This is the first complete hearing evaluation he has ever received.  Consider his history and the audiometric data below, and then answer the following questions about this case:     250 Hz   500 Hz   1000 Hz   2000 Hz   3000 Hz   4000 Hz   8000 Hz   Right Ear   Air Conduction   30 dB HL   35dB HL   40dB HL   55 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   Left Ear   Air Conduction    30 dB HL   30 dB HL   40 dB HL   55 dB HL   65 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   Unmasked   Bone Conduction   25 dB HL   35 dB HL   35 dB HL   55 dB HL   65 dB HL   70 dB HL   ———-       Otoscopy   Tympanograms   SRT   WRS   Right Ear   Non- impacted cerumen both ears   Type A both ears   45   76%   Left Ear   45   72%     Question 9: A patient like the one described above has had a stroke, and you are a speech-language pathologist working at a hospital.  The FIRST thing you would do BEFORE evaluating the effects of the stroke on this gentleman’s language skills would be:

Questions 1-9 refer to the following Case 1: This patient is an 82-year-old gentleman with a history of a gradually progressive hearing loss in both ears, over the last 15 years.  He states that he has difficulty hearing, especially in groups and that he understands better when people speak more slowly.  This is the first complete hearing evaluation he has ever received.  Consider his history and the audiometric data below, and then answer the following questions about this case:     250 Hz   500 Hz   1000 Hz   2000 Hz   3000 Hz   4000 Hz   8000 Hz   Right Ear   Air Conduction   30 dB HL   35dB HL   40dB HL   55 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   Left Ear   Air Conduction    30 dB HL   30 dB HL   40 dB HL   55 dB HL   65 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   Unmasked   Bone Conduction   25 dB HL   35 dB HL   35 dB HL   55 dB HL   65 dB HL   70 dB HL   ———-       Otoscopy   Tympanograms   SRT   WRS   Right Ear   Non- impacted cerumen both ears   Type A both ears   45   76%   Left Ear   45   72%     Question 2: The degree, type, and configuration of his hearing loss are:

Questions 1-9 refer to the following Case 1: This patient is an 82-year-old gentleman with a history of a gradually progressive hearing loss in both ears, over the last 15 years.  He states that he has difficulty hearing, especially in groups and that he understands better when people speak more slowly.  This is the first complete hearing evaluation he has ever received.  Consider his history and the audiometric data below, and then answer the following questions about this case:     250 Hz   500 Hz   1000 Hz   2000 Hz   3000 Hz   4000 Hz   8000 Hz   Right Ear   Air Conduction   30 dB HL   35dB HL   40dB HL   55 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   Left Ear   Air Conduction    30 dB HL   30 dB HL   40 dB HL   55 dB HL   65 dB HL   70 dB HL   70 dB HL   Unmasked   Bone Conduction   25 dB HL   35 dB HL   35 dB HL   55 dB HL   65 dB HL   70 dB HL   ———-       Otoscopy   Tympanograms   SRT   WRS   Right Ear   Non- impacted cerumen both ears   Type A both ears   45   76%   Left Ear   45   72%   Question 4:This gentleman’s tympanograms were normal.

Questions 25-33 refer to the following Case 5 (the case is shown after the question):Question 33:This child is now walking and he is very active.  Could he benefit from the use of an FM system for use at home, while riding in the car, etc. to receive mom’s voice clearly and reduce background noise since he is not always right close to mom anymore?

Questions 19-24 refer to the following Case 4:A child is born with both outer ears appearing as they do in the photograph shown below: the pinna is not complete and there is no external ear canal opening (the photograph is shown AFTER the question).Question 21:This child’s tympanograms:

Outer and middle ear disorders cause a _________________________ hearing losses.

In order for an audiologist to interpret the results of an auditory processing evaluation, the following should be present:

Questions 10-13 refer to the following Case 2 (the case is shown after the question): Question 10:The most likely cause of his hearing loss is:

In pediatric audiology, the most appropriate test method is chosen according to: