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A 4-year-old child has congenital bilateral atresia with normal cochlear function. Which intervention is most appropriate? 

A seventy-two year old female presents with moderate sloping to moderately-severe sensorineural hearing loss with good to fair word recognition scores. Her medical history is significant for limited range of motion in the shoulders and poor manual dexterity. Which of the following hearing aid styles would be the most likely to result in a less effective management outcome if recommended? 

An audiologist is fitting a 5-year-old child with a moderately severe to severe flat sensorineural hearing loss with new behind-the-ear hearing aids. Real ear measurements show appropriate gain across frequencies, but the child’s parents report significant feedback when the child is seated in the car seat. Which modification to the child’s earmold would most effectively address the feedback issue while maintaining appropriate amplification? 

A parent asks which hearing test is suitable for their 3-year-old child. The audiologist explains that the child will play a listening game, such as placing blocks in a bucket when they hear a sound. Which test is being described? 

What does changing the “mixing ratio” in a cochlear implant processor affect? 

Which disorder of the inner ear is characterized by fluctuating hearing loss, episodic vertigo, tinnitus, and a feeling of fullness in the affected ear? 

A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide 40 mg via IV bolus to a client. The amount available is furosemide 10 mg/1 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Enter the number only in the blank. Round to the whole number.)

A BIOL 115 student is tutoring middle-school students in biology. One of the middle-school students says, “In a diploid organism, meiosis will always produce haploid gametes.”  Is the middle-school student correct?

A genotype can produce a given phenotype. What cellular processes are involved in producing an individual’s phenotype from its genotype? 

As their name implies, polygenic traits are controlled by multiple genes.  Assuming that the genes are not linked, genes involved in polygenic traits ____________.