Chronic Pain (Listening)

1) What is main topic of the lecture?

A) The issue of ongoing pain and how it can be managed.
B) What chronic pain feels like.
C) Effective ways of managing children's hospitals.
D) Different ways that people deal with pain.


2) Why does the speaker use a feather and a blowtorch as part of his lecture?

A) To introduce a problem that many patients have with feathers.
B) To help him illustrate a symptom of the problem he discusses in the lecture.
C) To explain that pain from injuries such as sprains can be managed with the gentle touch of something soft like a feather.
D) To explain two different types of injuries that he treats.


3) At 03:22, the speaker says, "How can the nervous system get this so wrong? How can the nervous system misinterpret an innocent sensation like the touch of a hand and turn it into the malevolent sensation of the touch of the flame?" Why does he say this?

A) He thinks that his patient's body has an unusual nervous system.
B) He is illustrating the fact that even doctors don't understand why these problems happen.
C) He wants the audience to speculate about the answers.
D) He intends to explain how a problem with the nervous system can occur.


4) Which of the following statements is true about way the body's nervous system deals with pain? (2 answers)

A) The nervous system is arranged in a similar way to wires in a house.
B) Nerves communicate to each other one by one from the source of pain all the way up to the brain.
C) Neurotransmitter chemicals interact with non-nerve cells.
D) A feedback loop in the nervous system creates chronic pain.


5) Which of the following is NOT an effective treatment for chronic pain?

A) Physical therapy
B) Local anesthetics
C) Painkillers
D) Psychotherapy


6) Why is the lecturer optimistic about the future?

A) Because he does not believe he will have to deal with chronic pain when he is older.
B) Because he expects even better treatments to deal with pain.
C) Because he believes that in the future people will not feel pain.
D) Because he successfully treated his patient.