|
Years in practice
|
|
Less than 5 years
|
35
|
67.3
|
|
5–10 years
|
12
|
23.1
|
|
11–15 years
|
3
|
5.8
|
|
16–20 years
|
0
|
0
|
|
More than 20 years
|
2
|
3.8
|
|
The geographical region in which you primarily serve patients would be considered:
|
|
Urban
|
26
|
50
|
|
Suburban
|
12
|
23.1
|
|
Rural
|
14
|
26.9
|
|
The setting in which you primarily practice would be considered:
|
|
Solo practice
|
4
|
7.7
|
|
Walk-in clinic
|
4
|
7.7
|
|
Urgent Care or Emergency Department
|
9
|
17.3
|
|
Non-Academic Group or Team
|
26
|
50
|
|
Academic Group or Team
|
9
|
17.3
|
|
In the past 6 months, number of patients presenting to you with complaints of unilateral, acute or sudden-onset hearing loss, not as a result of cerumen impaction:
|
|
Fewer than 5
|
46
|
88.5
|
|
5–10
|
6
|
11.5
|
|
11–15
|
0
|
0
|
|
16–20
|
0
|
0
|
|
More than 20
|
0
|
0
|
|
In the past 12 months, typical wait-time for your patients to be seen by an otolaryngologist, referred for unilateral, sudden-onset hearing loss:
|
|
1 week or less
|
16
|
30.8
|
|
1–4 weeks
|
28
|
53.8
|
|
1–3 months
|
4
|
7.7
|
|
3–6 months
|
3
|
5.8
|
|
Greater than 6 months
|
1
|
1.9
|
|
Greater than 12 months
|
0
|
0
|
|
The province/territory in which you primarily practice:
|
|
British Columbia
|
2
|
3.8
|
|
Alberta
|
5
|
9.6
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
0
|
0
|
|
Manitoba
|
3
|
5.8
|
|
Ontario
|
36
|
69.2
|
|
Quebec
|
2
|
3.8
|
|
New Brunswick
|
0
|
0
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
2
|
3.8
|
|
Prince Edward Island
|
0
|
0
|
|
Newfoundland and Labrador
|
2
|
3.8
|
|
Yukon
|
0
|
0
|
|
Northwest Territories
|
0
|
0
|
|
Nunavut
|
0
|
0
|
