Hearing Impairment Quiz

What are the three types of hearing loss?

• Complicated, sensorineural, mixed

• Conductive, sensorineural, mixed

• Productive, sensorinatural, combined,

• Reflective, neurological, multiplied

Which of the following can be possible causes of conductive hearing loss?

• Lack of exercise, high intake of carbohydrates

• Malformation of the inner ear, migraines, hereditary loss

• Exposure to loud noise, aging, medications

• Ear infections, too much cerumen (earwax), object in ear canal

Which term refers to hearing loss in both ears?

• Bilateral hearing loss

• Dual hearing loss

• Mixed hearing loss

• Double hearing loss

What degree of hearing loss is concerned ‘normal’

• -10 to 15 dB HL

• 26 to 40 dB HL

• 56 to 70 dB HL

• 91+ dB

Degree of hearing loss refers too:

• The angle of the curve on the audiogram

• The threshold dB a person can hear at

• The severity of the hearing loss

• The course work an Audiologist must complete

What word refers to hearing loss that becomes gradually worse over time?

• Excessive

• Sudden

• Progressive

• Conductive