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Chronic Diseases Comorbid with Hearing Loss, presented in partnership with Salus University

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1.  Which of the following choices is not a characteristic of chronic diseases and chronic illnesses? Long duration May be preventable Slow progression Spontaneous resolution

2.  Comorbidity is the simultaneous presence of two or more _________ conditions or diseases in a patient. Audiologic Chronic Pathologic Psychotic

3.  Comorbidity implies interactions between illnesses that affect the course and prognosis of both. A measure of the strength of the association between two illnesses is the ________ . Effect size F Test Odds ratio T Test

4.  Cardiologist BISHOP has put forward the argument that the _________ may be considered a window to the heart. Brain Ear Kidney Lungs

5.  Diabetes mellitus is a disease associated with which body organ? Gall Bladder Kidney Pancreas Spleen

6.  Adult-onset diabetes mellitus is identified as _________ . Type 1 Type 2 Type A Type B

7.  Which of the following life-style choices is not a contributor to the development of metabolic syndrome? Lack of Exercise Poor Nutrition Normal Body Mass Index (18.5> BMI) Use of Alcohol and Tobacco

8.  The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience and the senses is _________ . Adaptation Cognition Decline Dementia

9.  _________ is the deterioration of the biological framework that underlies the ability to think and reason. Adaptation Cognition Decline Dementia

10.  _________ is a syndrome that involves a significant global impairment of cognitive abilities, such as attention, memory, language, logical reasoning, and problem solving, severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Adaptation Cognition Decline Dementia

11.  Which of the following is not associated with Alzheimers disease? Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain Loss of connections between nerve cells (neurons) in the brain Initial damage to the hippocampus, a structure key to memory Initial damage to the brain from alterations in blood supply, sometimes followed by infarction.

12.  _________ is an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes. Anxiety Depression Loneliness Self esteem

13.  Which of the following choices is not a neurotransmitter associated with mental health or disease? Calcium Dopamine Norepinephrine Serotonin

14.  _________ is the distressing experience that occurs when ones social relationships are perceived to be less in quantity, and especially quality, than desired. Anxiety Depression Loneliness Self esteem

15.  A screening tool, that audiologists can use, for detection of depressive symptoms is the _________ . HHIE PHQ-2 or PHQ-9 MMSE WHOQOL