OET Listening Test 1

PART A

In this part of the test, you’ll hear two different extracts. In each extract, a health professional is talking to a patient.
For questions 1 to 24, complete the notes with information you hear in the recording.

Extract 2: Questions 13 to 24

You hear an optometrist talking to a patient called Marsha Samarina. For questions 13 to 24, complete the notes with a word or short phrase.

PART B

In this part of the test, you’ll hear six different extracts. In each extract, you’ll hear people talking in a different healthcare setting.
For questions 25 to 30, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear.

25. You hear two doctors discuss the transfer of care for a patient.
The patient’s CURB-65 score means that he will

26. You hear a speech pathologist talking to the wife of a patient who has recently suffered a stroke.
What does she want to know about her husband’s condition? 

27. You hear a trainee doctor asking a senior colleague about chest tubes.
What is the senior colleague doing?

28. You hear a pharmacist talking to a customer about pain relief.
What has the customer been misinformed about?

29. You hear a trainee nurse receiving feedback from his tutor
What does she explain? 

30. You hear two doctors planning their patient-care schedule
What is their priority?

PART C

In this part of the test, you’ll hear two different extracts. In each extract,
you’ll hear health professionals talking about aspects of their work.
For questions 31 to 42, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best
according to what you hear.

Extract 1: Questions 31 to 36

You hear an interview with Dr Matthew Leach, who’s talking about meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitides.

31. Dr Leach says that during the onset of meningitis, many patients

32. Dr Leach says that meningitis is common in college students because of their

33. Why does Dr Leach say the patient didn’t seek treatment sooner?

34. Dr Leach began treating for meningitis before receiving the spinal fluid results because

35. Dr Leach explains that meningitis is more likely to cause long term after-effects if 

36. Dr Leach advises those who think they may be infected with meningitis to

Extract 2: Questions 37 to 42

You hear a presentation given by a clinical psychiatrist called Dr Evalina Houghton about agitated patients in an emergency setting.

37. Dr Houghton says that patients in the ED are more likely to be agitated as they are likely to

38. Dr Houghton explains that creating space between the patient and the provider

39. Why does Dr Houghton encourage providers to speak slowly? 

40. What approach does Dr Houghton suggest for patients suffering from delusions? 

41. Dr Houghton suggests that choices given to the patient should

42. Dr Houghton recommends that when the patient is calm they should