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Managing Tinnitus in Pediatric Patients, Can We Apply Adult Strategies?

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1.  The fastest growing population with noise induced hearing loss includes
  1. people over 60 years of age
  2. people between 20-40 years of age
  3. the majority of women
  4. people between 12-19 years old
2.  At least one study reports that a rate of ____percent of children report tinnitus spontaneously (not being asked).
  1. 1.5
  2. 3.5
  3. 6.5
  4. 10.5
3.  About ________percent of pediatric patients reporting tinnitus have normal hearing.
  1. 10
  2. 50
  3. 75
  4. 100
4.  At least one study reports that about _______ percent of children report having tinnitus if asked.
  1. 15
  2. 34
  3. 52
  4. 27
5.  A modification of TRT is used with pediatric patients.
  1. never
  2. in Europe
  3. in some pediatric centers
  4. is not approved by the FDA
6.  A modification of the TRT protocol can be used to treat misophonia and hyperacusis in
  1. adult patients
  2. pediatric patients
  3. adult and pediatric patients
  4. very few patients
7.  For very young pediatric patients the therapy techniques will be aimed at
  1. parents/caregivers
  2. siblings
  3. he very young child
  4. school personnel
8.  The goal of a sound generator is to
  1. mix with the tinnitus sound, still being able to perceive the tinnitus
  2. mask the tinnitus
  3. cure the tinnitus
  4. sell more hearing aids
9.  There are _________________ for treating pediatric patients presenting with tinnitus
  1. published guidelines
  2. no published guidelines
  3. European guidelines
  4. poorly documented guidelines
10.  A mature 13 year old may be treated as a(n)
  1. adult for tinnitus retraining the
  2. uncooperative participant
  3. malingerer
  4. individual not ready for this therapy

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