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Human Biology

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Set 17 Hearing And Hearing Disorders

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Question 1

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When working with special populations such as medically fragile patients and patients with mental retardation,special techniques are needed to measure their hearing.These techniques often include

A)Speech detection threshold measures
B)Air conduction pure tone testing
C)Bone conduction testing
D)Tympanometry

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Question 2

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John has a sensorineural hearing loss and Paul has a conductive hearing loss.

A)John's speech discrimination skills are probably better than Paul's speech discrimination abilities.
B)Paul's speech discrimination skills are probably better than John's speech discrimination abilities.
C)John and Paul probably display similar speech discrimination abilities.
D)John's speech discrimination skills will be better for the left ear and Paul's speech discrimination will probably be better for the right ear.

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Question 3

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Scott's test results suggest a

A)Conductive hearing loss
B)Sensorineural hearing loss
C)Presbycusis
D)Brainstem tumor

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