Deck 12: Aural Rehabilitation Plans for Older Adults

Question 1

Congress has extended the mandatory age for retirement from 65 to 70 years.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In 2003, 17% of individuals over the age of 65 held a high school diploma.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Traditional seniors and baby boomers are likely to have very different listening difficulties.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Conversational fluency can be assessed both formally and informally.

Question 5

The spiral ganglion is composed of the nuclei of the nerve fibers that connect to the hair cells and meet in the central core of the cochlea.

Question 6

Older individuals may have difficulty with pitch discrimination.

Question 7

Older adults have noted, "I don't know for sure when I hear correctly and when I don't."

Question 8

Joining a small social activity group would most likely not benefit an older person with hearing loss.

Question 9

Attention includes the mental processes that are used for perceiving, remembering, and thinking.

Question 10

Duration of deafness seems to be the best predicator of benefit from a cochlear implant.

Question 11

The number of people a patient interacts with has no effect on the patient's morbidity, mortality, and physical functioning.

Question 12

What percentage of the United States population is over the age of 65?

A) 5%
B) 18%
C) 22%
D) 12%

Question 13

Aural rehabilitation plans may need to be altered for patients with _______.

A) vision problems
B) arthritis
C) dementia
D) all of the above

Question 14

According to Nondahl et al. (2007), what is the estimated incidence of tinnitus in the older population?

A) between 15% and 20%
B) 10%
C) between 25% and 30%
D) 20%

Question 15

According to Chessman (1997), monosyllabic word recognition scores decrease by___________ % per decade in males.

A) 6
B) 13
C) 27
D) 32

Question 16

According to Voeks, Gallagher, Langer, and Drinka (1990), about half of the residents in nursing homes with hearing loss have__________ hearing losses.

A) severe
B) moderate severe
C) profound
D) moderate

Question 17

Which of the following causes blurred vision and impairs contrast sensitivity?

A) glaucoma
B) diabetic retinopathy
C) macular degeneration
D) cataract

Question 18

What deteriorates first with Alzheimer's disease?

A) memory
B) language skills
C) reasoning
D) vision

Question 19

If a patient is standing 20 feet from the Snellen Eye Chart and can read the letters on the row marked 40, what is his or her visual acuity?

A) 20/40
B) 40/20
C) 20/20
D) 40/40

Question 20

Which of the following is not one of the three subtests of the Clock Test?

A) Clock Reading
B) Clock Setting
C) Clock Selecting
D) Clock Drawing

Question 21

When speaking to older patients, you should:

A) use sentences with complex syntax. b. speak at a rapid pace.
B) working memory.
C) pause after every word.
D) pause after major syntactic clause boundaries.

Question 22

The Wechsler Scale of Adult Intelligence is used to assess:

A) conversational fluency.
B) working memory.
C) processing speed.
D) attention.

Question 23

Traditional seniors are sometimes known as the ________generation.

Question 24

____________is the global term used to refer to age-related hearing loss.

Question 25

The _________is a cluster of cell bodies in the brain stem where the nerve fibers leading to the cochlea enter and synapse.

Question 26

The central core of the cochlea is called the ________ .

Question 27

A/An ___________is defined as psychopathology or clusters of other acute or chronic symptoms.

Question 28

A/An___________ or a/an________is primarily responsible for assessing a patient's physical and cognitive status.

Question 29

Hearing loss in the older adult population usually starts in the___________ frequencies.

Question 30

Match the possible negative effects with the variables used to construct a person's emotional state :

-Introversion

A) mental health
B) temperament
C) sense of self-sufficiency and independence
D) self-concept

Question 31

Match the possible negative effects with the variables used to construct a person's emotional state :

-Does not accept hearing loss

A) mental health
B) temperament
C) sense of self-sufficiency and independence
D) self-concept

Question 32

Match the possible negative effects with the variables used to construct a person's emotional state :

-Depression

A) mental health
B) temperament
C) sense of self-sufficiency and independence
D) self-concept

Question 33

Match the possible negative effects with the variables used to construct a person's emotional state :

-Dependence on others

A) mental health
B) temperament
C) sense of self-sufficiency and independence
D) self-concept

Question 34

Match the possible negative effects with the variables used to construct a person's emotional state :

-Intolerance

A) mental health
B) temperament
C) sense of self-sufficiency and independence
D) self-concept

Question 35

Match the possible negative effects with the variables used to construct a person's emotional state :

-Somatization

A) mental health
B) temperament
C) sense of self-sufficiency and independence
D) self-concept

Question 36

Match the possible negative effects with the variables used to construct a person's emotional state :

-Optimism

A) mental health
B) temperament
C) sense of self-sufficiency and independence
D) self-concept

Question 37

Match the possible negative effects with the variables used to construct a person's emotional state :

-Loneliness

A) mental health
B) temperament
C) sense of self-sufficiency and independence
D) self-concept

Question 38

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Provides a national network of social services

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 39

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Part of the U.S. Administration on Aging

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 40

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Provides information on various services, including elder rights

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 41

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Offers programs at national, state, and local levels to support caregivers

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 42

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Provides health care information and assistance for people with Medicare

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 43

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Provides a searchable database to assist in finding an elder-law attorney

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 44

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Provides detailed information on the past performance of every Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the United States.

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 45

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Offers information on end-of-life issues

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 46

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Provides numerous benefits to members who are aged 50 and older

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 47

Match the following responses with the resources for family members and caregivers of older patients who have hearing loss and other health-related issues :

-Links caregivers with senior services

A) AARP
B) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
C) Administration on Aging
D) National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
E) Eldercare Locator
F) Family Caregiver Alliance
G) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
H) Nursing Homes
I) Medicare Rights

Question 48

Who is considered a baby boomer?

Question 49

List three differences between the baby boomer generation and the traditional seniors.

Question 50

What are the three stages for designing an aural rehabilitation plan for older adults?

Question 51

Write three questions that might be asked to establish a patient's listening goals

Question 52

What might be a cause for an artificial air-bone gap in an older adult?

Question 53

What are the two major causes of age-related hearing loss?

Question 54

List two test batteries of auditory processing that can used to test older adults' auditory processing abilities.

Question 55

List four changes in the aging brain that may have an impact on speech recognition performance.

Question 56

Define temperament.

Question 57

List the six most frequent chronic ailments experienced by older persons.

Question 58

What two cognitive abilities seem to be unaffected by aging?

Question 59

List three problems associated with providing aural rehabilitation in an institutional setting.

Question 60

List the four types of medical data that should be gathered for the case history for an older adult, and briefly describe the relevance of each to aural rehabilitation.

Question 61

List three types of accommodations that may need to be made for an older adult during traditional audiological testing.

Question 62

Identify and describe three ways in which visual impairment impacts the design of an aural rehabilitation plan.

Question 63

List three concerns related to older adults receiving cochlear implants.

Question 64

List three situations that may trigger depression in older adults.

Question 65

Define the term visual impairment.