4. Diagnostic Audiology

Pure Tone Audiometry — Quiz

Test your understanding of pure tone audiometry with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following describes the phenomenon where a patient perceives a tone in the non-test ear during bone conduction testing, even when the bone vibrator is placed on the mastoid of the test ear?

Question 2

When performing pure tone audiometry, what is the significance of an air-bone gap greater than $10 \text{ dB}$ at a specific frequency?

Question 3

Which of the following transducers is most appropriate for testing a patient with collapsing ear canals during air conduction audiometry?

Question 4

What is the primary advantage of using a pulsed tone instead of a continuous tone during pure tone audiometry?

Question 5

According to the ascending method for threshold determination, if a patient responds to a tone at $30 \text{ dB HL}$ but not at $20 \text{ dB HL}$, what is the next step?