Multiple Choice
1. A prelingual hearing impairment refers to an impairment that occurs
A) After age 3
B) After age 5
C) After age 7
D) At birth or before the development of speech and language
2. Postlingual children who are deaf generally develop better speech, language, reading, and
writing skills because their hearing loss occurs
A) After they have acquired speech and language
B) After they have acquired fine motor skills
C) Before they have acquired fine motor skills
D) Before they have acquired speech and language
3. Universal hearing screening for newborns is important because hearing loss
A) Can always be repaired when discovered early
B) Is the most common congenital disorder in newborns
C) Is not a common congenital disorder in newborns
D) Requires that the infants be immediately fitted with hearing aids
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4. In 1817, the first school in the United States for students with a significant hearing loss
was called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and
Dumb Persons. Today we know the school as
A) Thomas H. Gallaudet College
B) University for the Deaf
C) American School for the Deaf
D) George Mason University
5. How is manual communication different from oral communication?
A) They are different terms for the same approach to learning language skills.
B) Manual uses the hands (e.g., sign language) and oral uses speech and so on.
C) Manual and oral both use sign language and speech reading.
D) Manual and oral both use facial expressions and residual hearing.
6. How would you describe total communication (TC)? It
A) Only uses the facial expressions of both communication partners
B) Is without controversy and preferred by all deaf adults
C) Focuses heavily on oral communication methods
D) Combines a number of sensory modalities with manual and oral communication
7. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2013) estimates that hearing loss
affects _____ children born in the United States each year.
A) 1,000
B) 10,000
C) 12,000
D) 15,000
8. Some of the causes of hearing loss include the following factors:
A) Environmental or trauma
B) Infections
C) Genetic or hereditary
D) All of the above
9. Research on the levels of intelligence of children with hearing impairments indicates that,
compared to children without hearing impairments, these children have
A) Significantly lower levels of intelligence
B) Similar levels of intelligence
C) Slightly higher levels of intelligence
D) Slightly lower levels of intelligence
10. The area of development most severely affected for children who are deaf is
A) Written communication skills
B) Language skills only
C) Speech skills only
D) Speech and language skills
11. A leading cause of mild to moderate conductive hearing loss in children is
A) Ossicular chain
B) Otitis media
C) Organ of Corti
D) Oval window
12. The academic area most negatively affected by a hearing impairment is
A) Writing
B) Reading
C) Mathematics
D) Science
13. The primary Objective: of an assessment of a student with a hearing impairment is to
establish a profile of the individual’s abilities. This assessment can typically be done by
using
A) Only verbal skills
B) Only nonverbal skills
C) The Stanford Achievement Test (SAT)
D) The California Achievement Test (CAT)
14. The degree of hearing loss can be measured in decibels and the frequency of the sound
described in
A) Sprint
B) Verizon
C) Avis
D) Hertz
15. Appropriate accommodations for students with a mild hearing loss may include
A) Using preferential seating
B) Having a seeing eye dog
C) Using a hearing aid or personal FM system
D) A and C
16. How can you facilitate the acceptance of a student who is deaf or who has a hearing loss
in your first-grade general education classroom?
A) Wait until they are in fifth grade; the students are too young to understand
anything.
B) Provide a model of positive acceptance and implement modifications in a natural
manner.
C) Decide that the parents will answer any questions outside the school day.
D) There is nothing that you need to do; the students will figure it all out on their own.
17. When a student uses hearing aids, the teacher should
A) Check the hearing aids once a week
B) Check the hearing aids every day
C) Let the parent check the hearing aids
D) Make sure there is a spare battery at home
18. Preferential seating will enhance the ability of a student with a hearing impairment to
hear and understand what is said in the classroom. This can be done by placing the
student
A) Near where you typically teach
B) Away from other noise sources
C) Far away from where you typically teach
D) A and B
19. Strategies for facilitating the student’s speechreading include
A) Talking while you are turned away writing on the board
B) Keeping the light source on your back
C) Standing in one place while you are talking
D) Standing in front of a window
20. Strategies for facilitating speechreading include
A) Moving around while talking to the students
B) Using visual aids such as pictures and diagrams
C) Looking directly at the pupil when speaking
D) B and C
21. During the 2011–2012 school year, what percentage of students with hearing
impairments attended public schools?
A) 60%
B) 75%
C) 90%
D) 95%
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22. Before 1975, when PL 94-142 was enacted, what percentage of students with hearing
impairments attended segregated schools?
A) 50%
B) 60%
C) 70%
D) 80%
23. American Sign Language:
A) Uses English language word order
B) Uses a word-by-word interpretation
C) Has a unique syntax system
D) Is most like spoken English
24. The bilingual-bicultural approach to communication considers
A) American Sign Language to be the natural language of the Deaf culture
B) Signing Exact English to be the natural language of the Deaf culture
C) Signed English to be the natural language of the Deaf culture
D) Fingerspelling to be the natural language of the Deaf culture
25. The primary role of an interpreter is to relay to the student
A) Only what the teacher and other adults say in class
B) Only what the teacher says in class
C) The main points that are said in class
D) Anything that is said in class
26. An interpreter uses communication processes such as the following when interpreting for
a student:
A) American Sign Language only
B) Repetition, sign language, fingerspelling, body language, and verbal expression
C) A combination of American Sign Language and Signing Exact English
D) A combination of American Sign Language and Signed English
27. An oral interpreter is used with which of the following type(s) of students?
A) Cochlear implant users
B) Students with a high level of residual hearing
C) Students who are deaf
D) A and B
28. For children born with a hearing impairment, identification and intervention should begin
A) At age 1
B) At age 2
C) At age 3
D) As early as possible
29. When interacting with a person who has a hearing impairment, one should speak
A) More loudly
B) More quietly
C) When looking away
D) In a normal tone
30. Children who are deaf or who have hearing impairments typically have parents who
A) Are hearing
B) Are deaf or have hearing impairments
C) Know sign language
D) Understand the Deaf culture
31. According to the text, an individual’s language and speech skills are developed and
refined by all of the following except
A) Pictures
B) Observing
C) Imitation
D) Listening
32. Three small bones in the ear are required for effective hearing. Which of the following is
not one of them?
A) Hammer
B) Stirrup
C) Saddle
D) Anvil
33. Which organ is the “end organ of hearing”?
A) Vestibule
B) Cochlea
C) Tympanic membrane
D) Organ of Corti
34. Which classification of hearing loss would be caused by a disorder that is in the inner ear,
or cochlea?
A) Conductive hearing loss
B) Mixed hearing loss
C) Sensorineural hearing loss
D) Central hearing disorder
35. What type of graph is used to measure hearing?
A) Cardiogram
B) Audiogram
C) Hearing chart
D) Cochleogram
36. What year was the first college for the hearing impaired established?
A) 1817
B) 1845
C) 1902
D) 1864
37. Which of the following is an example of a congenital cause for abnormal hearing that
involves a narrowing or closure of the external ear canal?
A) Atresia
B) Armenia
C) Autosomal recessive
D) Adventiticious loss
38. What is currently viewed as the optimal age for cochlear implants?
A) 10–15 months
B) 3–6 months
C) 2–17 years of age
D) Cochlear implants have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration
39. Toy manufactures are helping to create awareness and acceptance for individuals who
have hearing impairments. Which manufacturer makes “Sign Language Barbie”?
A) Hasbro
B) Playskool
C) Mattel
D) Tonka
40. In what year was PL 89-36, which is legislation facilitating transition as a national
priority for the hearing impaired, enacted?
A) 1973
B) 1864
C) 1817
D) 1968
41. The process of _________, enabling the student with a hearing impairment to make a
comfortable and positive change from one environment to another, requires systematic
planning and evaluation.
A) Time out
B) Transition
C) Topography
D) Total communication
42. Many times, the audiologist, social worker, speech-language pathologist, and special
education teacher assist the __________ in gathering the information needed to make the
initial educational placement and communication training decisions.
A) General education teacher
B) Principal
C) Family
D) Professor
43. Under ______________, colleges and universities are required to provide qualified sign
language interpreters and other auxiliary aids needed to ensure effective communication
opportunities for the deaf and hard of hearing student population.
A) PL 94-142
B) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
C) Americans With Disabilities Act
D) PL 89-36
44. For nearly 135years, the ______________ has been actively involved in obtaining the
basic rights under the U.S. Constitution for individuals with hearing impairments.
A) National Association for the Hearing Impaired (NAHI)
B) National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
C) National Education Association (NEA)
D) National Association for the Deaf (NAD)
45. The stages of ___________ that follow the birth of a baby with a hearing loss are healthy
expressions of normal emotional reactions.
A) Grieving
B) Giving to others
C) Assessment
D) Consultation
46. During the 2007–2008 school year, what percentage of students with hearing
impairments was enrolled in regular classrooms?
A) 42%
B) 52%
C) 17%
D) 4%
47. According to data from the Gallaudet Research Institute (2008), approximately what
percentage of all students in programs for the deaf and hearing impaired are persons from
culturally diverse groups?
A) 48%
B) 37%
C) 80%
D) 17%
48. All of the following disorders except _____ can be associated with hearing loss in
children.
A) Usher syndrome
B) Waardenburg syndrome
C) Ototoxicity
D) Autism
49. This hearing assessment is often used with children who are difficult to test or unable to
follow simple commands:
A) Audiogram
B) Speech audiometry
C) Play audiometry
D) Children’s audiogram