IHS ILE Study Guide with Complete Solutions.
What two actions MUST a hearing healthcare professional perform before testing an existing patients hearing ✔✔ Clean hands in view of patient and clean or replace speculum
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IHS ILE Study Guide with Complete Solutions.
What two actions MUST a hearing healthcare professional perform before testing an existing patients hearing ✔✔ Clean hands in view of patient and clean or replace speculum from otoscope
How does osteoma present ✔✔ Bony growth in external auditory canal
What should a hearing healthcare professional do prior to administering a speech reception threshold test ✔✔ Familiarize patient with the word list
A 36- year old female restaurant worker with history of hearing loss reports she is unable to hear as well as she did 2 years ago testing reveals moderate conductive loss what is a likely cause of the patients change in hearing ✔✔ Otosclerosis
What portion of the ear contains sebaceous glands ✔✔ Outer portion of external auditory canal
Which factor will affect patients acceptance in hearing instruments? ✔✔ Cosmetic preferences
Why should otoblock be placed beyond second bend of ear canal ✔✔ Results in complete impression of the canal
What validation method can be effectively performed in a sound field environment ✔✔ NU-6
A hearing health care professional is counseling a patient about expectations of amplification what information should the hearing healthcare professional include in this therapy ✔✔ Outside factors that can hinder hearing
A patient has been using an ITC hearing instrument for approx 16 mos the patient has a new job that requires use of telephone with a headset ✔✔ Add an amplifier to existing phone
A patient complains that the hearing instrument works intermittently After initial inspection the hearing healthcare professional squeezes and taps on the case What is the suspected problem ✔✔ An amplifier problem
Germicidal wipes are an example of ✔✔ Disinfectant
4 modes of transmission ✔✔ Contact, Indirect contact, Droplet, Vehicle, Airborne, vectorborne
Contact ✔✔ Directly infected by the host
Indirect contact ✔✔ Touching something contaminated by an infected person. Surfaces or objects
Droplet ✔✔ transmission via airborne droplets
Vehicle ✔✔ Transmitted by contaminated substances such as water, food, blood or bodily substance
Airborne ✔✔ Droplet or neucli or dust transmission
Vectorborne ✔✔ Animals or insects carries pathogen
Characteristics of tympanic membrane ✔✔ Pinkish- gray in color oval shaped
Audiometric zero ✔✔ The average softest intensity that someone with normal hearing can detect
Tympanometry ✔✔ Measures middle ear function and compliance is also known as imittence audiometry
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