Question 1
A patient reports difficulty hearing in noisy restaurants but hears well in quiet environments. Which audiometric finding is most consistent with this complaint?
Correct Answer:
Sensorineural hearing loss with poor speech-in-noise performance
Question 2
On a pure-tone audiogram, the symbol 'O' (open circle) conventionally represents:
Correct Answer:
Right ear air conduction
Question 3
An air-bone gap greater than 10 dB at the same frequency indicates:
Correct Answer:
A conductive component to the hearing loss
Question 4
The Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) is defined as the lowest hearing level at which a patient can correctly repeat spondee words:
Correct Answer:
50% of the time
Question 5
Word Recognition Score (WRS) is measured using phonetically balanced (PB) word lists presented at:
Correct Answer:
A suprathreshold level, typically 30–40 dB above SRT
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