JAAA CEU Program

Questions refer to Roup et al, “Mild-Gain Hearing Aids as a Treatment for Adults with Self-Reported Hearing Difficulties,” 477–494.

Learner Outcomes:

Readers of this article should be able to:

• Summarize the symptoms associated with self-reported hearing difficulties and the populations in which hearing difficulties occur.

• Discuss the protocol for fitting mild-gain amplification in patients with self-reported hearing difficulties.

CEU Questions:

1. The phenomenon of self-reported hearing complaints in the presence of normal pure-tone sensitivity has been described using which of the following terms?

   • obscure discrimination dysfunction

   • King-Hinchcliffe syndrome

   • hearing difficulties (HD)

2. Previous research conducted by Tremblay et al (2015) demonstrated which of the following findings?

   • HD group perform significantly poorer on the QuickSIN

   • HD group was more likely to report feelings of depression

   • HD group had significantly poorer high frequency thresholds

3. The most common management (i.e., treatment) technique for those with an auditory processing disorder is the use of:

   • a frequency-modulated (FM) system

   • auditory training

   • cognitive training

4. In the present study, speech recognition-in-noise was assessed using which of the following tasks?

   • R-SPIN

   • HINT

   • QuickSIN

5. How much insertion gain was provided between 1000–4000 Hz during the hearing aid fitting for HD subjects?

   • 5–20 dB

   • 5–10 dB

   • 10–15 dB

6. Which of the following auditory processing tasks resulted in highest percentage of abnormal performances for HD subjects?

   • 500-Hz masking level difference

   • SCAN-3:A

   • dichotic digit directed recall

7. A strong positive and significant correlation was found between what two variables?

   • unaided hearing handicap (HHIE) and hours of hearing aid use

   • aided hearing handicap (HHIE) and hours of hearing aid use

   • unaided self-perceived auditory processing abilities (APQ) and hours of hearing aid use

8. What percentage of subjects reported that the hearing aids helped a lot or a little in noisy conditions?

   • 71%

   • 83%

   • 98%

9. How many subjects with HD purchased hearing aids after the completion of the trial?

   • one

   • three

   • five

10. What comorbid factor was found in almost half of the subjects with HD from the present study?

    • history of noise exposure

    • history of depression

    • history of traumatic brain injury

No conflict of interest has been declared by the author(s).