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The SRT is the lowest level at which speech is understood and is a tested using a closed set of spondee stimuli.

For the audiogram in Question 2, we will also need to mask for WRS in the left and right ear. 

It is not possible to have both a conductive and sensorineural hearing loss in the same ear. 

The noise used for pure tone masking is broadband.

T/F, SHORT ANSWER, MULTIPLE CHOICE

 The SDT (speech detection threshold) procedure is the same as the procedure for finding pure tone thresholds.

Bonus Question 3: Name a speech-in-noise test.

What is the type of hearing loss in the left ear? [LEtype] What is the type of hearing loss in the right ear? [REtype] What best describes the hearing loss severity and configuration in the left ear? [LE] What best describes the hearing loss severity and configuration in the right ear? [RE] What is the symmetry? [sym]   What acoustic reflexes would you expect for a 500 Hz stimulus? Left Ipsi: [500LI] Left Contra: [500LC] Right Ipsi: [500RI] Right Contra: [500RC]   What type of tympanogram would you expect for the right ear? [tymp]

Speech perception tests are good indicators of how hearing affects real life, a good way to determine intervention (e.g., hearing aids, cochlear implants) candidacy, and can be used to measure intervention benefit.

In the space provided, describe the type, configuration, degree, and symmetry of this hearing loss. Then, comment on the results you’d expect to see for Word Recognition Scores (WRS) in both ears.