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Ototoxic Monitoring for the Pediatric Patient

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1.  Consequences of pediatric hearing loss include:
  1. Delayed speech and language acquisition
  2. Educational challenges
  3. Psychosocial challenges
  4. All of the above
2.  What is the most common reason for acquired hearing loss in pediatric patients?
  1. Noise exposure
  2. Ototoxicity
  3. Connexin 26
  4. Connexin 30
3.  Common aminoglycoside antibiotics include:
  1. Gentamicin
  2. Tobramycin
  3. Amikacin
  4. All of the above
4.  Which ototoxic monitoring protocol must everyone follow?
  1. AAA Position Statement
  2. ASHA Position Statement
  3. There is no widely used and accepted protocol for ototoxic monitoring
  4. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ototoxic monitoring guidelines
5.  NCI stands for:
  1. New Cancer Initiatives
  2. National Cancer Institute
  3. National Cisplatin Information
  4. None of the above
6.  A team of professionals including representatives of different disciplines who work in a coordinated fashion toward a common goal in order to improve patient care is:
  1. A consortium
  2. A quorum
  3. A group
  4. A multi-disciplinary team
7.  What is the audiologist's role on a multi-disciplinary team?
  1. To monitor audiometrically all patients receiving ototoxic medication.
  2. To determine which patients will need diagnostic imaging
  3. To determine the diagnosis of the patient
  4. audiologists are not on multi-disciplinary teams
8.  Why would an audiologists want to be a part of an Oncology Multidisciplinary Team?
  1. Better patient care
  2. Marketing tool
  3. Business model
  4. All of the above
9.  How can I start a multi-disciplinary team?
  1. Contact your oncology department
  2. Find local oncologists in the area – find out who they are referring patients to…or if they are at all?
  3. Discuss why patients who use ototoxic medications need audiology services
  4. All of the above
10.  What is an important topic to discuss with your patients using ototoxic medications?
  1. Who their favorite doctor is
  2. Importance of telling others they have a hearing loss
  3. Importance of hearing conservation with patients who have been exposed to ototoxic medications
  4. Who their favorite audiologist is

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