Prefixes and Suffixes
Ear Conditions
Auditory Procedures
Restoration of the Ear
Miscellaneous
100
a common earache
what is an otalgia?
100
a sense of whirling, dizziness, and loss of balance that is often combined with nausea and vomiting
what is vertigo?
100
how is sound measured
what are hertz and decibels?
100
the surgical repair, restoration, or alteration of the pinna of the ear
what is otoplasty?
100
an electronic device that bypasses the damaged portions of the ear and directly stimulates the auditory nerve
what is a cochlear implant?
200
ot/o
what is ear?
200
a brain tumor that develops adjacent to the cranial nerve running from the brain to the inner ear
what is an acoustic neuroma?
200
what instrument is being used in this procedure?
what is an otoscope?
200
what is also known as tympanostomy tubes
what are ear tubes?
200
BTE, ITE, ITC, and CIC are all what
what are places where hearing aids are worn?
300
bleeding
what is -rrhagia?
300
explain deafness
what is the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear?
300
the use of air pressure in the ear canal to test for disorders of the middle ear
what is Tympanometry?
300
the surgical removal of the top portion of the stapes bone
what is stapedectomy?
300
ALD stands for ...
what is assisted listening device?
400
eardrum
what is myring?
400
what is also known as nerve deafness
what is sensorineural hearing loss?
400
what measures how much sound is reflected back from the eardrum
what is acoustic reflectometry?
400
explain what VRT means
what is Vestibular rehabilitation therapy?
400
accumulation of earwax that forms a solid mass by adhering to the walls of the external auditory canal
what is impacted cerumen?
500
-sclerosis is abnormal hardening, which condition deals with this?
what is otosclerosis?
500
what does NIHL stand for
what is noise-induced hearing loss?
500
what test uses a tuning fork to distinguish between conductive and sensorineural hearing losses
what is a Weber and Rinne test?
500
ear pinning is another form of this surgery but performed cosmetically
what is otoplasty?
500
BPPV, labyrinthitis, and Ménière’s disease are examples of what disorder
what are vestibular disorders?