T/F - Tymps
True or False. An adult who has ONLY anotia demonstrates a sensorineural hearing loss.
What is false, a conductive hearing loss?
Name a viral infection that can cause a hearing impairment.
What is cytomegalovirus, herpes viruses, and/or HIV?
What etiology for a hearing loss requires immediate referral to a physician for evaluation and possible treatment?
What is sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss?
_____ _____ _____ is described as middle ear inflammation that occurs for greater than two weeks. Discharge from the ear can be seen. Blockage of eustachian tube. Can lead to hearing loss.
What is chronic otitis media?
Name one disorder/disease that results in a Type C tympanogram.
What is allergies, blocked eustachian tube, developing or resolving of ear infection?
A type A tympanogram can rule out cochlear pathology.
What is False?
Name a risk factor for the development of otitis media in children.
What is the amount of time spent in daycare, exposure to secondhand smoke, or bottle feeding?
T/F Sensorineural hearing loss never fluctuates in severity
What is false it fluctuates in meniere's disease ?
A _______ hearing loss is has no known disorder or has an insufficient amount of evidence to explain its presence.
What is nonorganic?
Name one disorder/disease that results in a Type Ad tympanogram.
What is disarticulation, thin or monomeric TM?
In a type B tympanogram, the most important measure is the pressure.
What is false, volume?
Name a risk factor for pseudohypacusis.
What is seeking financial compensation, history of physical abuse in a child, or adolescent girl with unexplained hearing loss?
The acoustic reflex involves contraction of the _______ or _________ muscle
What is the stapedius or tensor tympani?
____ ____ ____ is a serious disease process that occurs when an individual experiences a cold, allergen, upper respiratory infection, and the presence of bacteria/viruses leads to an accumulation of fluids and mucus behind the eardrum blocking the Eustachian tube. Rapid onset that presents with ear pain.
What is acute otitis media?
Name one disorder/disease that results in a Type B tympanogram.
Wax (if small ECV), Fluid (if normal ECV), Perforation, PE tube (if large ear canal volume)
True or False. A type B tympanogram is observed in purulent and serous otitis media.
What is true?
Name a risk factor for infant hearing loss.
What is a NICU stay of more than five days, in utero infections, or syndromes associated with hearing loss.?
Two different treatment options for otitis media
What is medical (antibiotics) or surgical (myringotomy or pressure equalization tubes)?
A child who has no measurable hearing loss, but exhibits problems understanding speech in noise and shows a lack of attention/comprehension to auditory stimuli, may be experiencing_________ __________ __________ _________
What is (central) auditory processing disorder?
Name one disorder/disease that results in a Type As tympanogram.
Otosclerosis, scarring of the TM, plaque on the TM
A child that has patent pressure equalization tubes would have a normal ear canal volume.
What is false, they would have a high ear canal volume.
Name a risk factor for false or exaggerated hearing loss.
What is potential for financial compensation or gain, sudden apparent hearing loss with no clear diagnosis, or a history of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse?
Two most common type of hearing loss in adults.
What is presbycusis (age related) and noise induced hearing loss ?
The ______ definition of deaf is "a minority group that communicates through ASL and does not consider their hearing loss as a handicap."
What is cultural?
3 characteristics of a tympanogram.
What are pressure, compliance, and ear canal volume?