Signs & Symptoms
A patient presents with pain, itchiness, discharge of liquid and pus and complains of a feeling of fullness in the ear. What do these findings suggest?
External Otitis
Why are children at greater risk of middle ear infections
Shorter, straighter eustachian tubes
Name three causes of conductive hearing loss
Cerumen buildup, otitis media with effusion, foreign bodies, otosclerosis
Middle ear (otitis media)
Visualization of the T.M. and the auditory canal can be achieved with which diagnostic tool?
Otoscope
A patient complains of a feeling of fullness in the ear and reports reduced hearing. The HCP is unable to visualize the T.M. What do these findings suggest?
Cerumen impaction or foreign body
Which disorder is a symptom of many other ear diseases, but can also be caused by exposure to loud noises or be an indicator of ototoxic drugs?
Tinnitus
What is the term for combined conductive and sensorineural hearing loss?
Mixed hearing loss
Which structure allows for the neutralization of air pressure within the middle ear?
The eustachian tube
Balance and hearing
Patient complains of severe pain to the left ear. Upon inspection with otoscope, the HCP visualizes a bulging T.M. What do these findings suggest?
Otitis Media
Which disease is caused by spongy and excessive growth of the bony material in the middle ear?
Otosclerosis
Which type of hearing loss involves normal sound condution through the external and middle ear but encounters issues in the inner ear?
Sensorineural hearing loss
Which structure contains fluid that responds to rotational movement of the head?
Semicircular canals
Which type of hearing loss does a tympanoplasty correct?
Conductive hearing loss
What is the most common cause of vertigo?
Labyrinthitis
Which disease is caused by the presence of microorganisms accumulating in the middle ear, causing fluid to accumulate and cause pain?
Otitis media
What is the term for idiopathic hearing loss?
Functional hearing loss
What ear structure is involved in a myringotomy?
tympanic membrane (ear drum)
Which test assesses a patients equilibrium and balance by having them close their eyes with their feet together?
Romberg
Patient complains of rapid onset of vertigo, nausea, vomiting, unsteady gait and nystagmus. What do these findings suggest?
Labyrinthitis
Which disease is related to calcium crystals in the inner ear?
BPPV
What are two possible causes of central hearing loss?
Stroke, tumor
What two impulses does CN 8 transmit to the brain?
Balance and hearing
What does a whistling hearing aid mean?
Not inserted correctly, take out and reinsert