Special Education Questions & Answers (GPD233) on Hearing Impairment

1. What is hard of hearing?
   A) A complete loss of hearing

B) A partial loss of hearing

C) A temporary loss of hearing

D) A loss of hearing in only one ear

Answer: B) A partial loss of hearing

2. Can hard of hearing individuals process linguistic information through audition?
A) Yes, with the help of hearing aids or other amplification devices

B) No, they rely solely on lip-reading

C) Only if the hearing loss is very mild

D) Only if they were born with the hearing loss

Answer: A) Yes, with the help of hearing aids or other amplification devices

3. Are hard of hearing individuals able to hear speech sounds with some level of amplification?
A) Yes

B) No

C) It depends on the severity of the hearing loss

D) Only if the hearing loss is temporary

Answer: A) Yes

4. What is audition?
A) The act or sense of hearing

B) The act of reading lips

C) The ability to speak clearly

D) The ability to understand written language

Answer: A) The act or sense of hearing

4. Who should be consulted to determine the most appropriate course of treatment or support for hearing loss?
A) Friends and family

B) Healthcare professionals

C) Social media influencers

D) Television commercials

Answer: B) Healthcare professionals

What are the three main parts of the human auditory system?
A) The outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner nose

B) The inner ear, the middle nose, and the outer eye

C) The outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear

D) The outer ear, the inner ear, and the brain

Answer: C) The outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear

What is the function of the outer ear?
A) To convert sound into mechanical energy

B) To collect and direct sound

C) To equalize pressure in the ear

D) To send electrical signals to the brain

Answer: B) To collect and direct sound

What is the tympanic membrane?
A) The innermost part of the ear

B) The part of the middle ear that contains three tiny bones

C) The boundary between the outer and middle ear

D) The part of the inner ear that contains hair cells

Answer: C) The boundary between the outer and middle ear

What is the function of the Eustachian tube?
A) To collect sound

B) To convert sound into mechanical energy

C) To equalize pressure in the middle ear

D) To convert mechanical energy into electrical impulses

Answer: C) To equalize pressure in the middle ear

What are the three tiny bones in the middle ear called?
A) The auricles

B) The ossicles

C) The cochlea

D) The semi-circular canals

Answer: B) The ossicles

What is the function of the ossicles?
A) To collect sound

B) To equalize pressure in the middle ear

C) To convert sound into electrical impulses

D) To amplify the vibrations and pass them on to the inner ear

Answer: D) To amplify the vibrations and pass them on to the inner ear

What is the cochlea?
A) The part of the ear that collects sound

B) The boundary between the middle and inner ear

C) The part of the inner ear that contains hair cells

D) The part of the inner ear that contains the semi-circular canals

Answer: C) The part of the inner ear that contains hair cells

What happens when the footplate of the stirrup vibrates?
A) A wave is set off in the fluid-filled cochlea

B) The sound is converted into mechanical energy

C) The auditory nerve sends electrical signals to the brain

D) The cochlea amplifies the sound vibrations

Answer: A) A wave is set off in the fluid-filled cochlea

What do the hair-like projections inside the cochlea do?
A) Convert mechanical energy into electrical impulses

B) Collect sound

C) Amplify sound vibrations

D) Equalize pressure in the inner ear

Answer: A) Convert mechanical energy into electrical impulses

How are electrical signals transmitted to the brain?
A) Through the semi-circular canals

B) Through the ossicles

C) Through the cochlea

D) Through the auditory nerve

Answer: D) Through the auditory nerve

What does the movement of hair cells inside the cochlea generate?
A) A mechanical signal

B) An electrical signal

C) A chemical signal

D) A visual signal

Answer: B) An electrical signal

1.What is hearing impairment?
a. The inability to see
b. The inability to hear
c. The inability to taste
d. The inability to smell
Answer: b

2. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), what is hearing impairment?
a. Partial or total loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears
b. Partial or total loss of the ability to see from one or both eyes
c. Partial or total loss of the ability to taste
d. None of the above
Answer: a

3. What is the difference between deafness and hard of hearing?
a. Deafness is a complete inability to hear, while hard of hearing is a partial inability to hear.
b. Deafness is a partial inability to hear, while hard of hearing is a complete inability to hear.
c. Deafness and hard of hearing are the same thing.
d. None of the above
Answer: a

4. How does hearing impairment affect speech perception?
a. It improves speech perception
b. It has no effect on speech perception
c. It reduces speech perception
d. None of the above
Answer: c

5. How does the federal definition of deafness relate to educational performance?
a. It has no effect on educational performance
b. It adversely affects educational performance
c. It improves educational performance
d. None of the above
Answer: b

6. What is the conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf’s definition of deafness?
a. A hearing impairment that is so severe to the extent that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification
b. A hearing impairment that is mild and does not affect educational performance
c. A hearing impairment that is not severe enough to be considered deafness
d. None of the above
Answer: a

7. According to Winzer, what is a deaf person?
a. One who is unable to use their hearing mechanism to understand speech
b. One who is unable to use their sight mechanism to understand speech
c. One who is unable to use their taste mechanism to understand speech
d. None of the above
Answer: a

8. What is the definition of deafness according to American Public Law 94-142?
a. A hearing impairment that is so severe to the extent that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification which adversely affects the child’s educational performance
b. A hearing impairment that has no effect on educational performance
c. A hearing impairment that improves educational performance
d. None of the above
Answer: a

10. What is Hellen Keller’s definition of deafness?
a. The loss of the most vital stimulus – the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.
b. The loss of the ability to taste
c. The loss of the ability to see
d. None of the above
Answer: a

11. What is the result of a partial or total inability to perceive speech sounds?
a. Improved speech perception
b. Improved educational performance
c. Reduced speech perception
d. None of the above
Answer: c

12. What is the difference between hearing impairment and deafness?
a. There is no difference between them
b. Hearing impairment can be partial or total, while deafness is always a complete inability to hear
c. Hearing impairment is always a complete inability to hear, while deafness can be partial or total
d. None of the above
Answer: b

13. What is hearing impairment a generic term for?
a. An abnormality in the hearing levels of man
b. An abnormality in the taste levels of man
c. An abnormality in the smell levels of man
d. None of the above
Answer: a

13. According to Adima et al, what does deafness refer to?
a. One’s inability to hear and to hear speech sounds
b. One’s inability to see
c. One’s inability to taste
d. None of the above
Answer: a

14. What is the most vital stimulus according to Hellen Keller?
a. The sound of the voice
b. The sense of taste
c. The sense of sight
d. None of the above
Answer: a

15. What does WHO define hearing impairment as?
a. A complete or partial loss of the ability to taste from one or both taste buds
b. A complete or partial loss of the ability to smell from one or both nostrils
c. A complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears
d. None of the above
Answer: c

16. Does hearing impairment affect speech perception positively?
a. Yes
b. No
c. It depends on the severity of the impairment
d. None of the above
Answer: b

17. What is deafness according to the point of view of the federal definition?
a. A hearing impairment mild enough that the child is not impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification, which does not adversely affect educational performance
b. A hearing impairment severe enough that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification, which adversely affects educational performance
c. Deafness and hearing impairment are different things
d. None of the above
Answer: b

18. What does hearing impairment prevent a person from doing?
a. Perceiving and understanding speech
b. Perceiving and understanding touch
c. Perceiving and understanding smells
d. None of the above
Answer: a

19. What does deafness mean?
a. A hearing impairment severe enough that the child is not impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification, which does not adversely affect educational performance
b. A hearing impairment mild enough that the child is not impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification, which does not adversely affect educational performance
c. A hearing impairment which is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, which adversely affects the child’s educational performance
d. None of the above
Answer: c

20. How does deafness affect a person educationally?
a. It has no effect on educational performance
b. It improves educational performance
c. It adversely affects educational performance
d. None of the above
Answer: c

Section B (Theory)

What are the three main parts of the auditory system?
Answer: The outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear.

What is the main function of the outer ear?
Answer: To collect and direct sound.

Which structure serves as a boundary between the outer and middle ear?
Answer: The tympanic membrane or eardrum.

What are the three tiny bones in the middle ear known as?
Answer: The ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes).

What is the function of the Eustachian tube in the middle ear?
Answer: To regulate airflow, equalise pressure, and drain off fluid.

Which part of the ear converts sound energy to mechanical energy?
Answer: The eardrum or tympanic membrane.

What is the inner ear made up of?
Answer: The cochlea, the semi-circular canals, and nerve endings of the auditory nerve.

What structure separates the middle and inner ear?
Answer: The oval window.

What happens to sound vibrations in the cochlea?
Answer: They cause the hair-like projections inside the cochlea to move.

How is mechanical energy converted into electrical impulses in the cochlea?
Answer: By the hair cells in the cochlea.

What is the function of the auditory nerve?
 Answer: To transmit electrical impulses from the hair cells to the brain.

What can disrupt the process of hearing?
Answer: Any damage or abnormalities in the outer, middle, or inner ear structures.

Which part of the ear amplifies sound vibrations?
Answer: The ossicles in the middle ear.

Which structure in the middle ear regulates pressure in the ear?
Answer: The Eustachian tube.

What is the function of the pinna or auricle in the outer ear?
Answer: To collect and direct sound towards the ear canal.

What is meant by the term “ossicular chain”?
Answer: The three tiny bones (malleus, incus, and stapes) in the middle ear that amplify sound vibrations.

How is sound converted from mechanical energy to electrical impulses in the cochlea?
Answer: By the movement of hair-like projections in contact with nerve fibres.

What is the role of the semi-circular canals in the inner ear?
Answer: To help with balance and spatial orientation.

What is the name of the structure that separates the ear canal from the middle ear?
Answer: The tympanic membrane or eardrum.

What is the main purpose of the auditory system?
Answer: To collect and process sound information for our brains to perceive and understand.