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AAMA CMA Practice Question

While performing a speech and word recognition test on a patient who has complained of difficulty understanding conversations in noisy environments, which of the following procedures is appropriate for ensuring an accurate assessment?

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    Increase the volume significantly to ensure the patient can hear every word despite the reported difficulty.

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    Use a normal conversational tone, regardless of the patient's comfortable loudness level.

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    Whisper words from a standard list and ask the patient to repeat them back to you.

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    Present words at a level just above the patient's threshold for pure tones established during audiometry.

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