OE Disorders
Common name for when a hematoma on the ear does not resolve.
What is a cauliflower ear?
Most common middle ear disorder that causes hearing loss.
What is otitis media?
Type of hearing loss associated with inner ear diseases.
What is sensory or sensorineural hearing loss?
Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder is hearing loss due to dysfunction of this.
What is the nerve or CNVIII or the vestibulocochlear nerve?
The graph used to plot thresholds.
What is an audiogram?
The most common type of skin cancer on the pinna.
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
Thickening of eardrum due to chronic ear infections.
What is tympanosclerosis?
Hearing loss related to aging.
What is presbycusis?
Proper name for a benign tumor on the 8th cranial nerve.
What is vestibular schwannoma?
What is the middle ear?
No pinna.
What is anotia?
Abnormally large adenoids causes dysfunction of this structure.
What is eustachian tube?
This autoimmune disease attacks myelin and can cause fluctuating sensory hearing loss.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
Hearing loss due to extreme brain damage.
What is central auditory deafness?
OAEs are produced by these, which are in the inner ear.
What are outer hair cells?
Infection of the skin of the outer ear.
What is otitis externa or external otitis?
Cholesteatomas are benign tumors in the middle ear made up of protein, fat and ____.
What is skin?
Reduced tolerance and increased sensitivity to typical sounds
What is hyperacusis?
Difficulty hearing in noise during middle age even when no hearing loss on an audiogram is present.
What is hidden hearing loss?
This type of hearing loss is characterized by abnormal AC, abnormal BC and no significant air-bone gaps.
What is sensory or sensorineural?
An extremely narrow ear canal.
What is stenosis?
What is conductive?
Sudden hearing loss should be treated as this.
What is a medical emergency?
Symptom or red flag for a tumor on the 8th cranial nerve.
What is 15 dB and 25 dB?