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| Investigative audiology is restricted to the legal arena. T/F |
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| Woker's compensation activity is the MOST common venue in litigation for investigative audiologists. T/F |
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False
Due to capital limitations, most WC cases cannot afford IA participation. |
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| Most worker's comp systems have scheduled awards. T/F |
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| Tort law is the form of legal activity that involves an investigative audiologist testifying whether a criminal might have had a hearing problem that caused him to fail to halt when commanded to do so. T/F |
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False
Tort law means outside the criminal domain. This question refers to criminal law. |
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| Cross examination is the single-most daunting aspect of serving as a testifying witness. T/F |
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| The discovery process normally does NOT include what activity? |
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| Trial testimony. (This occurs after the discovery process.) |
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| What activities does the discovery process include? (3 things) |
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| document review, preparation of a report, expert disclosure |
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| The discovery deposition and the evidence deposition are the same task with different names. T/F |
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| What is the term for a motion that is intended to restrict a testifying witness from covering a specific topic. |
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| In a trial, the plaintiff puts on his case before the defendent does. T/F |
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| A jury always consists of 12 jurors. T/F |
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False
There can be any number between 6 and 12, depending on the venue. |
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| What hearing test frequency is often not tested by clinicians, but is a requisite for calculating the AMA % hearing handicap? |
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| To be judged as reliable test responses, the SRT must ALWAYS be within 6dB of the 500-2000Hz three-frequency average. T/F |
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False
A sharply falling or risting pure tone configuration may result in a relatively large PTA but SRT is considerably les since the patient responds to the better frequency range. |
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| What is the recommended speech-in-noise ratio for clinical evaluation of a patient's ability to hear in noise? |
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| The complaint of tinnitus in a legal case, unlike whiplash, can be tested in your clinic. T/F |
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True.
You still depend on the subjective responses of the patient, but repeatability, therefore reliability can be tested clinically. |
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| The clinician is well advised to keep all forms and notes that are created for each test that is conducted. T/F |
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| What are the steps typically included in a cause/effect analysis during the claim review process? (3 things) |
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| evaluate the subject complaints, evaluate causation, consider audiometric configuration |
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| Calculating the AMA % hearing handicap is normally included in the casue/effect analysis during the claim review process. T/F |
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False
While useful, this calculation tells nothing about any causative or confirmatory features of the case. |
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| A useful method for retrospectively calculating a person's noise exposure is to utlize what? |
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The equivalentlevel method (Leq).
This calculation involves the 3dB T/I and is appropriate to reconstruction of noise exposure because it is true to the laws of physics. |
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| It is possible to accurately distinguish (and calculate) the relative contributions of noise exposure and age for hearing impairment claimants. T/F |
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False
We don't know enough about the interactions and "addability" of NIHL and presbyacusis to separate them except by serial audiometrics. |
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| Most etiologies have a typical or predictable time-course. T/F |
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| Tinnitus, is presence and sound quality, is not particularly diagnostic, thus it is of limited use in case evalaution. T/F |
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| Patient notes should be brought to a deposition. T/F |
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| An affadavit must be notarized to be valid. T/F |
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True
A statement or affirmation needs no notary-although the affirmation is made under "threat of prosecution for perjury". |
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| Because of the latitudes given to expert witnesses by the courts, it is appropriate and good to guess at answers if one is not fully certain. T/F |
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| Expert activities are governed by the Rules of Civil procedure which are designated as what? |
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| Prior to being allowed to testify, experts must qualify before the judge and/or jury. T/F |
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| What should be done accurately if used during testimony? |
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| What is the most desirable type of equipment quality to use if sound measures are included in the subject of testimony? |
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| OSHA is an equipment and measurement protocol standardizing entity. T/F |
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False
OSHA set guidelines for hearing conservation and enforces federal laws. |
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| Because of discovery principles, when working with an attorney, the consultatnt should not prepare a report or send opinions to the client unless requested to do so. T/F |
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