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Examine the audiogram shown in this question.  Assume that both ears have the same auditory thresholds.  What is the estimated percentage of speech information that this person is MISSING:

Questions 25-33 refer to the following Case 5 (the case is shown after the question):Question 33:This child is now walking and he is very active.  Could he benefit from the use of an FM system for use at home, while riding in the car, etc. to receive mom’s voice clearly and reduce background noise since he is not always right close to mom anymore?

Questions 19-24 refer to the following Case 4:A child is born with both outer ears appearing as they do in the photograph shown below: the pinna is not complete and there is no external ear canal opening (the photograph is shown AFTER the question).Question 21:This child’s tympanograms:

Examine the audiogram shown in this question.  Assume that both ears have the same auditory thresholds.  What is the estimated percentage of speech information that this person is MISSING:

Word Recognition Scores are obtained using:

Word Recognition Scores are obtained using:

Consider the following audiogram: The predicted SRT for the right ear (by air conduction) would be____________ dB HL.

What is known as the “speech banana” represents:

50 decibels  is _______ more intense than 20 decibels.

Auditory information from each ear is represented in both cerebral hemispheres.