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Topic
24 questions.
FoundationFundamentals
1. What is the primary clinical purpose of ASSR testing?
FoundationFundamentals
2. Who first described the 40-Hz auditory potential, and in what year?
TraineeFundamentals
3. Which statement best contrasts ASSR with the ABR?
TraineeAnatomy & Physiology
4. At a modulation rate of about 80–90 Hz, which generators dominate the scalp-recorded ASSR?
ClinicianAnatomy & Physiology
5. Why is the 40-Hz ASSR less suitable than the 80–90-Hz response for testing sleeping infants?
FoundationRecording Technique
6. In an ASSR stimulus, what does the carrier frequency determine?
TraineeRecording Technique
7. With an F-test detection criterion of p < 0.05, how often is noise expected to be misread as a response by chance?
ClinicianRecording Technique
8. Which modulation type generally gives the largest ASSR, and why is it often preferred?
TraineeInterpretation
9. How is the ASSR threshold for a carrier operationally defined?
TraineeInterpretation
10. How does a recorded ASSR threshold typically relate to the true behavioural threshold?
ClinicianInterpretation
11. In which group is the corrected ASSR estimate least reliable?
ClinicianInterpretation
12. An impaired ear shows unusually steep growth of ASSR amplitude with intensity above threshold. What does this reflect?
FoundationAnatomy & Physiology
13. What does the cochlea's tonotopic organisation mean for ASSR?
TraineeAnatomy & Physiology
14. Is the scalp-recorded ASSR produced by a single neural generator?
ClinicianFundamentals
15. A click ABR shows no response at maximum output in a child with profound loss. Why might ASSR still be informative?
FoundationFundamentals
16. Why is the ASSR called a 'steady-state' response?
FoundationRecording Technique
17. In a multiple-frequency ASSR recording, why is each carrier given a different modulation rate?
TraineeRecording Technique
18. An apparent ASSR appears at 500 Hz only at very high intensity. What practical check helps tell a genuine response from an artefact?
FoundationInterpretation
19. On an ASSR amplitude-versus-intensity plot, what does a filled (detected) marker indicate?
FoundationInterpretation
20. What does a normal four-carrier ASSR recording show?
TraineeInterpretation
21. An air-conducted ASSR shows a mild, flat elevation of thresholds, and tympanometry is flat (type B). What can air-conducted ASSR NOT establish here?
ClinicianInterpretation
22. Why does ASSR estimate severe-to-profound losses more tightly than near-normal hearing?
ClinicianInterpretation
23. ASSR objectively confirms a marked asymmetric sensorineural loss in an adult. What should this prompt?
ClinicianRecording Technique
24. During a multiple-frequency recording, why can a response be declared ABSENT only once the noise floor is low enough?