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Sound Approaches to Tinnitus Management

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1.  Of the approaches to tinnitus manage, which treats tinnitus
  1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  2. Tinnitus Activities Treatment
  3. Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
  4. None of the above, they all treat the reaction to tinnitus, not tinnitus
2.  What is the form of conditioning that uses reinforcement or punishment to increase or decrease behavior
  1. Classical
  2. Operant
  3. Hair
  4. Cognitive
3.  Which common approach to tinnitus management gives emphasis to the subconscious pathway and based on neurophysiological model of tinnitus
  1. Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
  2. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  3. Tinnitus Activities Treatment
  4. Tinnitus Reduction Therapy
4.  What is the most effective sound for sound therapy
  1. White Noise
  2. Pink Noise
  3. Sound of Nature
  4. Whatever sound the patient finds comfortable for passive listening
5.  In comparing the effectiveness of sound therapy approaches:
  1. there is a robust body of research that compares approaches using appropriate control groups
  2. there is a robust body of research that controls for counseling effects
  3. many studies do not use the appropriate control groups or account for counseling effects
  4. most studies of proprietary approaches are done by non-biased, third party scientific organizations
6.  Which proprietary form of sound therapy is based on research that shows low pulse rates with cochlear implants may suppress tinnitus perception?
  1. SoundCure
  2. Neuromonics
  3. Masking
  4. None of the above
7.  The limiting factor in tinnitus sound therapy research is lack of
  1. subjects willing to participate
  2. randomized placebo controlled trials
  3. interest of researchers
  4. None of the above
8.  Why is amplification helpful in tinnitus management
  1. Majority of patients have hearing loss
  2. Stimulate the pathway with external sound
  3. Changes focus of treatment
  4. All of the above
9.  Insightful tool(s) for determining sound therapy approach is the
  1. Tinnitus and Hearing Survey
  2. Tinnitus Evaluation
  3. Both A and B
  4. None of the above
10.  Verification of tinnitus sound therapy can be performed with
  1. Otoacoustic emissions
  2. Listening check
  3. Real Ear Probe Mic Measures
  4. COSI

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