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More specifically, through a series of experimental protocols, we aimed to (1) conduct sham experiments to ensure that the paradigm was able to correctly classify control rats as not having tinnitus, (2) confirm the time course over which the behavioral testing could reliably be performed post-exposure to assess chronic tinnitus, and (3) determine if the paradigm was sensitive to the variable outcomes often observed after intense sound exposure (e.g., hearing loss with our without tinnitus). Ultimately, in accordance with our predictions, the 2AFC paradigm was indeed resistant to false-positive screening of rats for intense sound-induced tinnitus, and it was able to reveal variable tinnitus and hearing loss profiles in individual rats following intense sound exposure. Taken together, the present study documents the utility of our appetitive operant conditioning paradigm to assess acute and chronic sound-induced tinnitus in rats. 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