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Select all of the FALSE statements: 1.  Audiologists usually earn $30,000 less than speech-language pathologists.2.  In general, otoscopy is in the scope of practice of both speech-language pathology and audiology.3.  The clinical doctorate in audiology is designated as Ph.D.4.  Speech-language pathologists and audiologists both treat patients whose only diagnosis is a voice disorder.

Which statement(s) is (are) TRUE regarding hearing loss?        1.  A long-standing, mild hearing loss is not significant for a child’s acquisition of language.    2.  Over 30 million Americans have hearing loss    3.  Hearing loss is not very common in the elderly.    4.  All hearing losses are permanent.

Dynamic Range (in dB) refers to:

The range of human hearing is:     1.    20-20,000 Hz and 0-120 dB HL    2.    20-20,000 dB HL and 0-120 Hz    3.    Very small (for intensity)    4.    Very large (for intensity)

When headphones are used, the audiologist needs to be aware of cross-over-hearing more often than when insert phones are used.

The sound pressure levels of a 60 Phon curve are identical.

Which statement(s) is (are) TRUE regarding hearing loss?        1.  A long-standing, mild hearing loss is not significant for a child’s acquisition of language.    2.  Over 30 million Americans have hearing loss    3.  Hearing loss is not very common in the elderly.    4.  All hearing losses are permanent.

When patients give “false negative” responses, they respond when no tone was presented.

If a person has normal hearing in one ear and a hearing loss in the other ear, where you sit  in relation to your patient, while providing speech-language therapy, is not significant.

Most organizations use ________ to assess job performance even though they may not be highly correlated with positive task outcomes.