Free Sample Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Praxis® Questions

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A Free SLP Praxis^® Practice Question

An SLP receives a referral for a patient who has just completed an audiological evaluation. The resulting audiogram looks like this.

How should the SLP interpret this audiogram?

• A. Malingering
• B. Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss
• C. Unilateral conductive hearing loss
• D. Bilateral asymmetrical sensorineural hearing loss

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The Answer & Explanation

Did you get it right? The correct answer is: B

The audiogram shows a hearing loss in the left ear only. Hearing in the right ear, depicted by the symbols in red, falls within the normal range. The left ear shows a moderate hearing loss in the frequencies from 1kHz to 8kHz. The bone conduction thresholds (shown in brackets) match the air conduction thresholds, meaning that the loss is sensorineural.

Incorrect Answer Explanations

Answer A: This audiogram does not contain any clear indications of malingering. One possible indicator is a shadow curve, in which unmasked bone conduction thresholds in the affected ear “shadow” air conduction thresholds in the unaffected ear. During unmasked bone conduction, both cochleas vibrate and the better ear is expected to respond. There is no shadow curve on this audiogram.

Answer C: In a conductive loss, bone conduction thresholds will be better than the air conduction thresholds. On this audiogram, the bone and air conduction thresholds match.

Answer D: The right ear shows normal hearing in this audiogram, so this cannot be a bilateral loss.

Bottom Line

Alignment between air and bone conduction thresholds on an audiogram indicates a sensorineural loss.

For more information, see:

Welling, D.R., & Ukstins, C.A. (2015). Fundamentals of audiology for the speech-language pathologist. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

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