Bacterial Invasion
OM
All Clogged Up
Cells Gone Wild
Wielding The Knife
100
Painful condition caused when irritating or infective agents come into contact with the skin of the external ear.
What is External Otitis
100
Sudden onset of swelling and irritation of the small bones (ossicles) of the middle ear.
What is Acute Otitis Media (AOM)
100
Sensation of fullness in the ear, pain, itching, dizziness.
What is Cerumen impaction
100
Benign lesion arising from the jugular vein.
What is Glomus Jugulare
100
Removal of the head and neck of the stapes, replacing it with prosthesis in the shape of a piston to restore functional hearing.
What is Stapedectomy
200
4 common infectious organisms affecting the external ear canal
What is Pseudomonas, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Aspergillus
200
Repeated episodes of AOM with inner ear injury.
What is Chronic Otitis Media (COM)
200
Fill syringe with warm solution, place towel around client's neck, place basin under the ear, place tip of syringe into external ear canal, apply gentle continuous pressure on syringe.
What is External Ear Canal Irrigation
200
Benign tumor of cranial nerve VIII.
What is Acoustic Neuroma
200
Reconstruction of the middle ear to improve conductive hearing loss.
What is Tympanoplasty
300
Localized external otitis caused by a bacterial infection of a hair follicle.
What is a Furuncle
300
Allows pus or blood to drain from the ear as a result of COM.
What is Eardrum Perforation (Rupture)
300
If the cerumen is thick and dry or cannot be removed this will be used to soften the cerumen.
What is an Ceruminolytic
300
Benign overgrowth of squamous cell epithelium occurring in the middle ear growing into the semicircular canal.
What is Cholesteatoma
300
Reconstruction of the eardrum.
What is Myringoplasty
400
Daily Double!!! Infection of the though fibrous tissue layer that surrounds the cartilage and shapes the pinna. For double points, what is the risk of this infection?
What is Perichondritis. (Necrosis of the pinna)
400
Needle aspiration to withdraw fluid from the middle ear.
What is Myringotomy
400
Used by a health care professional to scoop out the cerumen.
What is a Curette or Cerumen Spoon
400
Often caused by a cholesteatoma.
What is Labyrinthitis
400
Replacement of the ossicles within the middle ear.
What is Ossiculoplasty
500
Infection that occurs from untreated or inadequately treated otitis media.
What is Mastoiditis
500
Surgical placement of this will allow continuous drainage of middle ear fluids
What is a grommet (polyethylene tube)
500
Used to kill insects that have entered the external ear canal.
What is Mineral Oil or Diluted Alcohol
500
During surgical removal of an acoustic neuroma care is taken to preserve this cranial nerve.
What is Cranial Nerve VII (Facial Nerve)
500
Asymmetric appearance or drooping of features on the affected side of the face, changes in facial perception of touch, changes in taste.
What is Surgical damage to cranial nerves VII, VIII, and X (secondary to surgical trauma or post-surgical swelling)
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