Exam Preview for 38931: 20Q: Optimizing Hearing Aid Processing for

20Q: Optimizing Hearing Aid Processing for Listening to Music

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1. What are three factors that need to be considered when selecting a hearing aid for music? Spectrum, intensity, crest factor Spectrum, compression, phase Spectrum, phase, intensity Spectrum, crest factor, phase
2. Music has a ______________ sound level than speech. Lower Higher More consistent Same
3. Some 1980s vintage hearing aids could transduce music better than many modern digital hearing aids because of which of the following? Microphone Analog to digital converter Digital to analog converter Receiver
4. Frequency lowering, in all of its forms, has been successful for those patients with significant hearing loss for amplified speech. How should the frequency lowering for music be set? To function more for music than for speech About the same for music and speech To function less for music than for speech Such that there is NO frequency lowering for music
5. When music is streamed through Bluetooth to a hearing aid, how should the compression circuitry in the hearing aid be set? Set to much less for streamed music than live music Set to the same level of compression as for live music Set to compress much more for streamed music than live music Set to slightly more for streamed music than live music