Cochlear Implants, Hearing Aids, & Therapy for Hearing Loss | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

A key principle of hearing loss intervention in the school setting is to:

Provide access to auditory info in all academic contexts

Gradually reduce visual cues to favor auditory pathways

Avoid modifying curriculum

Use only pull-out therapy

For children with limited auditory experience, the SLP should prioritize:

Acoustic highlighting and repetition

Conversational analysis

Phonological minimal pairs

Whispered speech

Adults with long-standing untreated hearing loss often need therapy addressing:

Central auditory reorganization and communication strategies

Provide consis. access to spoken lang. as early as possible

Increase sound discrimination in noise

Auditory memory only

A remote microphone/DM system is most beneficial when:

The speaker is distant or background noise is present

The child uses cochlear implants bilaterally

Listening in quiet at home

The room has perfect acoustics

Auditory training that requires identifying environmental sounds before words targets which skill level?

Detection

Comprehension

Identification

Descrimination

A core component of auditory-verbal therapy (AVT) is:

Encouraging full-time use of amplification devices

Prioritizing visual cues during communication

Device orientation and realistic expectations

Gradually reduce visual cues to favor auditory pathways

The primary goal of early amplification for infants with hearing loss is to:

Provide consist. access to spoken lang. as early as possible

Improve literacy before age 2

Access to linguistic input through amplification

Communication strategies, counseling, and auditory training

A goal of auditory training for children is to improve:

Detection → discrimination → identification → comprehension

Comprehension → detection → comprehension → identification

Device management and reduced dexterity

Acoustic highlighting and auditory bombardment

The most appropriate therapy focus for a child with bilateral severe SNHL who just received CIs is:

Auditory access, sound awareness, and early listening skills

Oral-motor drills

Whispered phoneme practice

Detection → discrimination → identification→ comprehension

For older adults with hearing loss, the biggest barrier to success is often:

Device management and reduced dexterity

Tympanic membrane perforation

Speech-rate problems

Central lesion

Counseling in aural rehab often includes:

Addressing expectations, device care, & comm. strategies

Memory training

Teaching swallowing strategies

Stuttering modification

A common therapy technique for Cochlear Implant users is:

Acoustic highlighting and auditory bombardment

Oral-motor strengthening

Whispered speech

Silent articulation

A child using hearing aids still struggles with speech-in-noise. The SLP should recommend:

Remote microphone/DM system

Cochlear implant revision

Occluded earmolds

Facial nerve testing

An example of an anticipatory communication strategy is:

Choosing quiet seating in a restaurant

Using cerumen removal

Asking for repetition

Speaking louder

Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) emphasizes:

Listening-first approach with full-time amplification

Gestural communication

Choosing quiet seating in a restaurant

Access to linguistic input through amplification

Auditory training helps improve:

Speech perception & discrimination

Vestibular responses

Tympanic pressure

Pure-tone thresholds

For children with hearing loss, intervention should prioritize:

Access to linguistic input through amplification

Oral-motor strengthening

Phonological minimal pairs only

Reducing MLU

Aural rehabilitation for adults often includes:

Communication strategies, counseling, and auditory training

Balance therapy

Lip-reading elimination

Only hearing aid fitting

Cochlear Implant outcomes are generally better when implantation occurs:

Before age 3

During adolescence

In adulthood only

After age 12

The most common complication of cochlear implantation is:

Postoperative infection or device failure

Hemorrhage into the semicircular canals

Brainstem damage

Wernicke’s aphasia

Children with Cochlear Implants (CIs) need early intervention because:

Auditory pathways require early, consistent stimulation

Cochlear Implant use eliminates need for therapy

Cochlear Implant mapping resets language

Hearing improves automatically

The “Ling Six Sounds” are used for Cochlear Implant (CI) users to assess:

Audibility of speech frequencies

Directional microphone function

Ear canal resonance

Middle ear pressure

Hybrid (electric-acoustic) implants are typically recommended for:

Residual low-frequency hearing + steep high-frequency SNHL

Conductive loss only

Auditory pathways that require early, consistent stimulation

Profound bilateral SNHL

Which of the following is NOT an absolute contraindication for CIs?

Severe cognitive impairment

Cochlear aplasia

Active middle ear infection

Complete auditory nerve absence

A child with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) may benefit from:

Cochlear implantation

Bone-anchored device only

Otoscopic cleaning

Tympanostomy tubes

Electrodes in a Cochlear Implant (CI) are arranged to preserve:

Tonotopic organization of the cochlea

Acoustic feedback

Setting frequency-specific gain like a hearing aid

The round window membrane only

CI mapping refers to:

Programming stimulation levels for each electrode

Setting frequency-specific gain like a hearing aid

Creating a CT scan

Measuring tympanometry

The internal CI electrode array is placed in the:

Scala tympani

Stapes

Scala media

Scala vestibuli

Open-fit hearing aids are MOST appropriate when:

Low-frequency hearing is normal and high-freq. SNHL exists

Hearing loss is profound

Electrically stimulating the auditory nerve

Limited benefit from appropriately fit hearing aids

Which fitting formula is widely used for pediatric hearing aids?

DSL (Desired Sensation Level)

Speech Reception Threshold (SRT-SRT2)

National Acoustic Laboratories-Revised (NAL-R)

National Acoustic Laboratories–Non-Linear 2 (NAL-NL2)

Feedback in hearing aids is typically caused by:

Sound leakage from a poor earmold seal

Overamplification of low frequencies only

Excessive wax

Dead battery

Directional microphones improve:

Speech-in-noise understanding

Vestibular function

Bone conduction thresholds

Amplification received at the eardrum

Real-ear measurement (probe microphone testing) assesses:

Amplification received at the eardrum

Impr. listening comfort, though not always word recognition

Eliminating background noise entirely

Increasing overall gain

The telecoil feature on hearing aids is primarily used for:

Hearing induction loop systems and telephone conversations

Streaming high-frequency noise

Masking tinnitus

Impr. listening comfort, though not always word recogntion

The component of a hearing aid that converts acoustic energy to electrical signals is the:

Microphone

Sound waves

Amplifier

Speaker

The primary purpose of a hearing aid is to:

Amplify sound to make it audible and usable

Restore normal cochlear function

Increase word recognition to 100%

Increasing bone conduction thresholds