Which Statement About Conduction Deafness Is Accurate

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which statement about conduction deafness is accurate?

• A)It is the most serious form of hearing impairment.
• B)It may result from malfunctioning bones in the middle ear.
• C)It refers to a defect in the neural mechanisms.
• D)It can be successfully treated with a cochlear implant.

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Definitions:

Self-Fulfilling Prophesy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, due to the positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.

Self-Serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute successes to personal abilities and failures to external factors.

Defensive Attribution

A psychological process by which individuals assign causes to behaviors or outcomes in a way that defends their self-esteem.