Deck 6: Speech Audiometry

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Word recognition is more accurate with a fifty-word list than with a twenty-five-word list.
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State two different patient response modes in word recognition testing.
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What is a spondee word?
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Name different types of stimuli used in speech audiometry.
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The count-the-dots audiogram provides a handy way to estimate a patient's:

A)Bone conduction hearing thresholds
B)Speech reception threshold
C)Speech awareness threshold
D)Articulation index Short Answer
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Two response modes used in measuring SRT in young children are _______________ and _______________.
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What is difference between the SDT and the SRT and how are they related?
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In word recognition testing,the phrase "Say the word …" is known as a _________________ phrase.
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The maximum score in word recognition performance is always at a comfortable listening level.
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In the clinic,word recognition is never tested in background noise.
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The SRT is described in _______________,whereas word recognition scores are described in ___________________.
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What is the relation between the SRT and the PTA?
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List three disadvantages to relying on the MLV approach for measurement of word
recognition.
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What is the purpose of the VU meter on an audiometer?
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What is the difference between speech discrimination and word recognition?
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What is meant by the term "rollover"?
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Deck 6: Speech Audiometry
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Word recognition is more accurate with a fifty-word list than with a twenty-five-word list.
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State two different patient response modes in word recognition testing.
Verbal repeating words)and non-verbal pointing)
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What is a spondee word?
A spondee is a two-syllable word produced with equal stress on both words.
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Name different types of stimuli used in speech audiometry.
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The count-the-dots audiogram provides a handy way to estimate a patient's:

A)Bone conduction hearing thresholds
B)Speech reception threshold
C)Speech awareness threshold
D)Articulation index Short Answer
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Two response modes used in measuring SRT in young children are _______________ and _______________.
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What is difference between the SDT and the SRT and how are they related?
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In word recognition testing,the phrase "Say the word …" is known as a _________________ phrase.
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The maximum score in word recognition performance is always at a comfortable listening level.
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In the clinic,word recognition is never tested in background noise.
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The SRT is described in _______________,whereas word recognition scores are described in ___________________.
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What is the relation between the SRT and the PTA?
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List three disadvantages to relying on the MLV approach for measurement of word
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What is the purpose of the VU meter on an audiometer?
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What is the difference between speech discrimination and word recognition?
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What is meant by the term "rollover"?
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