Hearing and ear health in children post-module quiz

Look at the outside of this child’s ear. Does it look healthy?

You are going to look inside the ear of a child who is 7 years old, with an otoscope. To straighten the ear canal you should gently pull their ear:

Select one.

An otoscope is used to test for hearing loss.

People should clean their ear canal with cotton buds.

When gently pressing the tragus on a person’s ear, pain can be a sign of infection in the ear canal.

Look at this picture of inside a person’s ear. What can you see?

Select one.

If you look inside a child’s ear with an otoscope and their ear is blocked with ear wax, what would you do?

Look at this picture of a person’s eardrum. Does it look healthy?

Which of the following describe a healthy eardrum?

Select three.

If background noise levels are too loud, the hearing screen results may not be accurate.

The audiometer settings for a PRACTICE screen should be set at 1000 Hz, 20dB.

How many times is a sound presented to a child’s ear for each frequency?

Select one.

Which of the following settings is NOT used for a hearing screen?

Select one.

Tuya wears hearing aids and is participating in her school screening programme. Should Tuya wear her hearing aids during the screen?

Look at the completed Full screen section of the form for Enkh. What result would you record?