Perception of vowels, diphthongs and semi vowels in HI

Abnormal temporal integration is likely affecting ____ identification for listeners with SNHL

• Consonant

• Vowel

• Semi-vowel

• Diphthongs

Vowel perception is less effected in _____

• Conductive HL

• Sensorineural HL

• Mixed HL

• All of the above

Vowel perception in profound hearing loss is based on ____ frequency region.

• F0

• F1

• F2

• F3

Conductive hearing loss individuals complain of loss of intelligibility than loss of audibility.

• True

• False

Which is a major cue that is not available for HI listeners for the identification of diphthongs ?

• Formant bandwidth

• Formant amplitude

• F2 transition

• Fundamental frequency

The transition duration of the diphthongs is more than the vowels

• True

• False

Information transmission for the semivowels is poor in ____ patients.

• SNHL

• CHL

• MHL

• ANSD

Individuals with precipitous sloping losses showed poor perception of sibilants.

• True

• False

Which is not a cue for perception of affricates in normal hearing individual?

• Duration of Frication

• Amplitude of rise time

• Turbulence

• Voicing

Which audiometric configuration has better nasal perception?

• Flat

• Rising

• Sloping

• None of the above