AUGUST 2017 Sub. Code: 2314
B.Sc IN AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
SECOND YEAR
PAPER IV DIAGNOSTIC AUDIOLOGY
Q.P. Code: 802314
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer all questions
I. Elaborate on: x 10 30)
1. Explain various tests available to evaluate cochlear functioning.
2. Explain the concept of Immittance.
3. Justify the need for test battery approach and explain its importance in
assessment of central auditory processing disorders.
II. Write notes on: x 5 40)
1. Brief tone audiometry.
2. Reflex Decay Test.
3. Factors affecting long latency responses.
4. Neurodiagnostic applications of ABR .
5. Speech in noise test.
6. Rapid alternating speech test.
7. Lip reading test.
8. Different types of tympanograms.
III. Short answers on: (10 x 3 30)
1. Fourier analysis.
2. Temporal Integration.
3. Monoaural loudness balance test.
4. Limitations of speech audiometry.
5. Instrumentation of Distortion product otoacoustic emissions block diagram.
6. Stimulation rate.
7. Time window.
8. Temporal ordering tasks.
9. Subtlety principle.
10. Stenger principle.