Audiometry and Special Hearing Tests
- Previous year questions on Audiometry and Special Hearing Tests for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the ENT section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 96 live questions in Audiometry and Special Hearing Tests.
- 3 of 96 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018.
- ENT is worth about 10 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.Recruitment phenomenon is seen in?
- AOtosclerosis
- BMeniere's disease✓ Correct answer
- CAcoustic nerve schwannoma
- DOtitis media with effusion
Q2.Investigation of choice for audiometric evaluation of an infant is
- APure Tone Audiometry
- BHigh frequency Audiometry
- CTympanometry
- DBERA✓ Correct answer
Q3.Findings of BERA in vestibular schwannoma:-
- AIncreased latency in waves I-V✓ Correct answer
- BDecreased latency in waves I-V
- CIncreased latency in waves VI-VII
- DDecreased latency in waves VI-VII
Q4.Impedance Audiometric response in serous otitis media:-
- AAd Curve
- BB Curve✓ Correct answer
- CC Curve
- DAs Curve
Q5.Sound intensity required to elicit stapedial reflex is more than
- A30 - 45 db
- B45 - 60 db
- C70 - 100 db✓ Correct answer
- D90 - 120 db
Q6.Symbol 'X' denotes
- AAir conduction threshold for right ear
- BBone conduction threshold for right ear
- CAir conduction threshold for left ear✓ Correct answer
- DBone conduction threshold for left ear
Q7.Which of the following nerve root is the control center for the stapedial reflex?
- ASuperior olivary complex✓ Correct answer
- BLateral lemniscus
- CInferior colliculus
- DMedial geniculate body
Q8.The wave ' V ' in BERA represents activity in which of the following ?
- ALateral lemniscus✓ Correct answer
- BSuperior olivary complex
- CCochlear nerve
- DCochlear nucleus
Q9.Type 'C' tympanogram is seen in
- ASerous Otitis media
- BOtosclerosis
- COssicular discontinuity
- DEustachian Tube blockade✓ Correct answer
Q10.Lombard's test is used to diagnosis ?
- AConductive hearing loss
- BSensorineural hearing loss
- CMixed hearing loss
- DNon-organic hearing loss✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. Meniere's disease; Q2: D. BERA; Q3: A. Increased latency in waves I-V; Q4: B. B Curve; Q5: C. 70 - 100 db; Q6: C. Air conduction threshold for left ear; Q7: A. Superior olivary complex; Q8: A. Lateral lemniscus; Q9: D. Eustachian Tube blockade; Q10: D. Non-organic hearing loss.
Other topics in ENT
- Ear Embryology and Congenital Malformations
- External Ear Anatomy
- Middle Ear Anatomy
- Mastoid Anatomy
- Inner Ear Anatomy
- External Ear Disease
- Middle Ear Disease
- CSOM Types and Cholesteatoma
- CSOM: Management and Complications
- Otosclerosis
- Meniere's Disease
- Vertigo and Vestibular Disorders
- Tumours of the Ear
- Facial Nerve Anatomy
- Facial Nerve Palsy and Related Disorders
- Eustachian Tube
- Hearing Physiology and Tuning Fork Tests
- Deafness and Hearing Rehabilitation
- Nasal Anatomy
- Paranasal Sinus Anatomy
- Nasal and Sinus Physiology
- Epistaxis
- Congenital and Acquired Nasal Disorders
- Rhinitis
- Nasal Septal Disorders and Polyposis
- Nasal and Facial Injuries
- Tumours of the Nose and PNS
- Sinusitis and Related Complications
- Pharyngeal Anatomy and Physiology
- Adenoids
- Tonsils
- Pharyngeal Abscesses
- Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- Laryngeal Anatomy and Physiology
- Stridor and Congenital Laryngeal Anomalies
- Disorders of Voice and Speech
- Laryngeal Carcinoma
- Tracheostomy and Foreign Bodies of the Air and Food Passages
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