ENT ENT Pediatric and Special Populations

Question 1

What is the most common cause of conductive hearing loss in children?

Accepted Answer

Otitis media with effusion (glue ear)

Answer

Otosclerosis

Answer

Cholesteatoma

Answer

Presbycusis

Question 2

According to EHDI/JCIH guidelines, by what age should newborn hearing screening be completed in the US?

Accepted Answer

1 month (before hospital discharge)

Answer

3 months

Answer

6 months

Answer

12 months

Question 3

Which congenital anomaly involves an abnormal connection between the trachea and esophagus?

Accepted Answer

Tracheoesophageal fistula

Answer

Choanal atresia

Answer

Laryngomalacia

Answer

Subglottic stenosis

Question 4

What is the most common cause of chronic inspiratory stridor in infants?

Accepted Answer

Laryngomalacia

Answer

Croup

Answer

Epiglottitis

Answer

Foreign body aspiration

Question 5

Which syndrome is characterized by sensorineural hearing loss combined with thyroid goiter and is caused by SLC26A4 mutations?

Accepted Answer

Pendred syndrome

Answer

Usher syndrome

Answer

Waardenburg syndrome

Answer

Branchio-oto-renal syndrome

Question 6

What is the FDA-approved minimum age for cochlear implantation in profoundly deaf children in the US?

Accepted Answer

12 months

Answer

5 years

Answer

3 years

Answer

6 months