Appendix C: Question Lists
QUESTIONS FOR CASES A-K
CASE HISTORY
What red flags are you seeing?
Does the type/degree/configuration of hearing loss make sense given the patient’s concerns?
AUDIOMETRY
Calculate the pure-tone average for both ears.
Do the speech reception thresholds corroborate pure-tone averages?
Categorize the word recognition score for each ear.
Describe the type, degree, and configuration of the hearing loss.
How would you explain these results to a patient?
IMMITTANCE
Interpret the tympanometry results.
What would the Jerger classification be?
Interpret the acoustic reflex thresholds, if provided.
How would you explain these results to a patient?
OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS (if relevant)
Are the OAEs present, absent, or inconclusive?
For which frequencies are OAEs uninterpretable due to noise?
Do the OAEs make sense given audiometric results and case history?
SUMMARY
Are there any discrepancies within this report?
What is your final diagnosis?
What are your recommendations for this patient moving forward?
Are any referrals needed?
QUESTIONS FOR CASES L-T
CASE HISTORY
What red flags are you seeing?
What type/degree/configuration of hearing loss would you expect given this case history?
What tests would you like to perform based on this information?
PURE-TONE AUDIOMETRY
Describe the type, degree, and configuration of the hearing loss. Is this what you expected?
Was masking completed appropriately for air and bone conduction testing?
What presentation (and masking, if needed) level would you use for word recognition testing?
Do you expect acoustic reflex thresholds to be normal, elevated, or absent?
SPEECH AUDIOMETRY
Do the speech reception thresholds corroborate pure-tone averages?
Categorize the word recognition score for each ear.
How would you explain these results to a patient?
IMMITTANCE
Interpret the tympanometry results without using the Jerger classification types.
Do these results make sense given the case history and audiometric results?
How would you explain these results to a patient?
OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS (if relevant)
Interpret the OAEs.
Do the OAEs make sense given audiometric results and case history?
SUMMARY
Are there any discrepancies within this report?
What is your final diagnosis?
What are your recommendations for this patient moving forward?
Are any referrals needed?