Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Me!
Me!
Me!
Me!
When in doubt…
• Ask a friend in the audience
OR• Narrow it to 50/50
OR• Poll the entire
audience
ACRONYMS
ADA stands for:
d. Americans with Disabilities Act
b. Arkansas Diagnostics Association
c. Arkansas Day of Appreciation
a. Arkansas Department of Audiology
d. Americans with Disabilities Act
ALD stands for :
d. Arkansas Legal Department
b. Assistive Listening Device
c. analyzing logarithms in detail
a. American League for the Deaf
b. Assistive Listening Device
BTE stands for :
d. binaural technological efficiency
b. batteries that expire
c. behind-the-ear
a. Beltone Technology Enterprises
c. behind-the-ear
CIC stands for :
d. cochlear implant charge
b. critical impulse charge
c. completely-in-the-cochlea
a. completely-in-the-canala. completely-in-the-canal
DAI stands for :
d. divine audio input
b. Department of Audiology Instructors
c. developmentally and audiologically impaired
a. direct audio inputa. direct audio input
FM stands for :
d. none of the above
b. fingerspelling method
c. frequency modulation
a. feedback monitor
c. frequency modulation
HOH stands for :
d. hard of hearing
b. hand over heart
c. hope overcomes hurt
a. help on hand
d. hard of hearing
IR stands for :
d. infrared
b. internal radio
c. individualized routing
a. intermittent ringing
d. infrared
ITC stands for:
d. in-the-canal
b. independent test control
c. Idiots That Cheat
a. International Trade Commission
d. in-the-canal
ITE stands for :
d. Idiots Taking Ecstasy
b. infrared technical enhancements
c. irritating troublesome earmolds
a. in-the-eara. in-the-ear
HLAA stands for :
d. a, b and c
b. Hearing Loss Association of America
c. Hoosier Llama & Alpaca Association
a. Houston Legal Assistants Association
d. a, b and c
COMMUNICATION
Which of the following methods of communication is not used to communicate with
HOH persons?
d. Cued Speech
b. Braille
c. ALDs
a. speech/speechreading b. Braille
What is a hard of hearing person’s preferred accommodation during a job interview?:
d. Depends on the HOH person
b. Writing notes
c. Reading lips
a. Using an oral interpreter
d. Depends on the HOH person
Cued Speech uses how many hand shapes?
d. 10
b. 8
c. 5
a. 3 b. 8
Which of the following organizations does not certify interpreters for the deaf?:
d. NAD and RID.
b. RID
c. HLAA
a. NAD
c. HLAA
How do you determine if an interpreter is certified?
d. Take his/her word for it.
b. Call the Office for the Deaf & Hearing Impaired
c. Look on his/her driver’s license.
a. Ask to see his/her certification card.
a. Ask to see his/her certification card.
HEARING AIDS
A hook-shaped, thin piece of plastic with a small loop of wire in it that is hung over the ear next to a BTE aid is
called a:
d. telecoil
b. hook loop
c. crookneck
a. silhouettea. silhouette
A means of transmitting a signal via radio waves where the frequency (as opposed to its
amplitude) of the wave is modulated is called
d. pitch modulation
b. frequency modulation
c. amplitude modulation
a. amplified modulation b. frequency modulation
A feature of some hearing aids that allows the aid to “hear” magnetic signals instead of (or in addition to) the normal audio input is called a:
d. b and c
b. telecoil
c. t-switch
a. magnetron
d. b and c
Hearing Loss Association of America
The founder of Hearing Loss Association of
America was:
d. none of the above
b. Rocky Stone
c. Rocky and Bullwinkle
a. Rocky Balboa b. Rocky Stone
The HLAA headquarters is in:
d. Disney World
b. Bethesda, MD
c. Washington, DC
a. Boston, MA b. Bethesda, MD
The International HLAA Convention in 2008 is in:
d. Reno, NV
b. Dallas, TX
c. San Jose, CA
a. Bethesda, MD
d. Reno, NV
The Executive Director of HLAA, Inc. is:
d. Beth Wilson
b. Terry Portis
c. Marcia Finisdore
a. Brenda Battata. Brenda Battat
The National HLAA website address is:
d. www.speakup.com
b. www.hearingloss.com
c. www.hearingloss.org
a. www.shhh.org
c. www.hearingloss.org
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