Exam Preview for 39902: Hearing Aid Fitting And Patient Guidance Us

Hearing Aid Fitting And Patient Guidance Using Speechmap - Part One

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1. How can the patient's unique ear acoustics be represented in the test box when doing Speechmap in the test box? It can not Replacing the 2cc coupler with a .4cc coupler Measuring the WRECD Measuring the REAR using 56dB speech input
2. Probe Guide uses what to determine the position of the probe tube tip in real-time? Light emitted from the probe tube Machine learning of standing wave patterns across dozens of adult ears Positioning of the black ring relative to the patient's inter-tragal notch Comments from the patient as the probe tube is inserted
3. Why is it recommended that you adjust "overall" gain when using soft speech input? To ensure that the output does not exceed the patient's UCL To hit the soft speech gain target To accommodate the patient's recruitment To ensure that the initial programmed compression ratios are not changed during this step
4. What is the purpose of the "SII Left" and/or "SII Right" buttons in the "Hearing Aid" Counseling Overlay? To define the term "SII". To display aided and unaided SII scores for either ear. To estimate aided and unaided "Percent Correct" performance for various speech challenge tasks based in the aided and unaided SII result. To define pitch and loudness
5. What was NOT described as an advantage of Speechmap Test Box? Does not require the patient's hearing aids May be the only viable way of completing the fitting verification process on a young child Can facilitate pre-fitting Supports drop-off/drop-box servicing methods