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| When children reach about ___ months of age, they can begin to cooperate voluntarily in hearing testing |
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Assessing the child’s cognitive age:
-Cognitive age can be obtained through ___ ___
-A child’s ___ development and ___ and ___ are good predicators of cognitive age
-Children who have frequent ___ ___, such as those with hearing loss or recurrent otitis media will be easier to condition |
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| case history; motor; speech; language; hearing tests |
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Training the task:
-Requires the child to hold a toy up to his ___ and perform a
motor task (drop the toy in the bucket, etc.) when __________.
-The toy is held up to the ear for two reasons 1. as a specific signal that the child is ___ to listen 2. as a ___ ___ of the motor act of dropping the toy in the bucket
-The assistant can either lead by ___ the child “ I hear that” and ___ or ____ the child’s hand “You heard it” |
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Definition
| ear; sound is presented; ready; clear indication; telling; demonstrating; lead |
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Choosing the Test Stimulus:
-If the child answers when called, it may be best to begin with ___ stimulus
-Use of a speech stimulus will provide a speech ___ or ___ threshold but will not give any ___ specific information |
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| speech; detection; recognition; frequency |
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| Testing should begin with tasks that take the ___ cooperation and move to more ___ tasks as the child becomes more comfortable |
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-Children with mild, moderate of CHL typically ____ require any test adaptations
-Children with severe or profound hearing loss ___ require adaptations |
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Definition
| do not; may (like tactile stimulation to condition) |
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Term
| Uses food or other tokens as reinforcers instead of toys |
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Definition
| Tangible Reinforced Operant Conditioning Audiometry (TROCA) |
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| TROCA can be useful for children with ___ disabilities, for children who are not interested in ___ ___ or for children with ____ impairment who cannot see a reinforcer is a few feet away |
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| developmental; visual reinforcers; visual |
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