This Praxis Audiology (5343) cheat sheet distills ETS's audiology licensure exam into a printable rundown of the facts examiners test most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free 5343 toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
Praxis Audiology (5343) exam at a glance
- Questions: 120 selected-response
- Time: 120 minutes (2 hours), computer-delivered
- Passing score: 162 on the 100–200 scale for the ASHA CCC-A (state boards may differ)
- Cost: About $146 (subject to change — verify on ETS); minimum 28-day wait to retake
What’s on the Praxis Audiology (5343) cheat sheet
- Foundations of Audiology (20%) — auditory and vestibular anatomy, acoustics and the dB SPL/HL/SL scales, and hearing-loss types classified by the air-bone gap.
- Prevention & Screening (10%) — newborn hearing screening and the EHDI 1-3-6 benchmarks, hearing conservation and the noise notch, ototoxicity, and tinnitus.
- Assessment (35%) — the heaviest category — pure-tone and speech audiometry, masking, immittance, OAEs, ABR/ASSR, and vestibular testing.
- Intervention (25%) — hearing-aid fitting and real-ear verification, cochlear and bone-anchored implants, ALDs, and aural rehabilitation.
- Professional & Ethical Responsibilities (10%) — the ASHA Code of Ethics, scope of practice, evidence-based practice, and the laws (IDEA, ADA, HIPAA).
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load Assessment (35%) and Intervention (25%) — together they are 60% of the exam. If you master two areas from the sheet, make them these.
- Drill the diagnostic battery until it's automatic: tympanogram Types A/As/Ad/B/C, present OAEs + abnormal ABR = auditory neuropathy, and the cross-check principle.
- Read the sheet the morning of the test for a final pass on the memory hooks — air-bone gap = conductive, ~40 dB interaural attenuation for supra-aural air (0 dB for bone), and REM verifies while outcome measures validate.
- Pair each review pass with a short timed practice set (120 questions in 120 minutes ≈ 1 min each) to keep your pacing sharp.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your Praxis Audiology (5343) practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
Praxis Audiology (5343) cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the Praxis Audiology (5343) cheat sheet is 100% free to download as a PDF, with no sign-up required. It's part of Career Employer's free 5343 toolkit alongside the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
It condenses the highest-yield audiology facts into a quick reference: the decibel scales, hearing-loss types and the air-bone gap, the diagnostic test battery (tympanometry, OAEs, ABR, vestibular), amplification and verification, and professional ethics — organized around the five ETS content categories.
It's built from ETS's current Audiology (5343) study companion and test outline plus ASHA's certification guidance, and we review it against those official sources regularly. The 5343 replaced the retired 5342.
No — the cheat sheet is a review and last-week cram aid, not a substitute for working practice questions and clinical reasoning. You need a scaled score of 162 (on the 100–200 range) for the ASHA CCC-A, so use the sheet to lock in facts and the practice test to build readiness.
Click the download button (or the preview card) at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly. Bookmark this page so you can find it again in your final week before test day.
References
- 1.ETS. “Audiology (5343).” praxis.ets.org, 2026. ↑
- 2.ETS. “The Praxis Study Companion: Audiology (5343).” praxis.ets.org. ↑
- 3.American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. “About the Audiology Praxis Exam.” asha.org. ↑
- 4.American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. “Praxis Exam Scores.” asha.org. ↑
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