Visual Disorders
This is the term for misalignment of the eyes.
What is strabismus?
A black eye is clinically called this.
What is a simple contusion?
The inflammation of the middle ear with fluid is called this.
What is acute otitis media (AOM)?
Hearing loss where sound cannot be transmitted through the middle ear.
What is conductive hearing loss?
A simple, noninvasive test used to measure TM movement to detect fluid.
What is tympanometry?
The type of vision loss where the brain suppresses the weaker eye.
What is amblyopia?
Painful scratch of the cornea caused by a foreign body.
What is a corneal abrasion?
This is fluid in the middle ear without infection symptoms.
What is otitis media with effusion (OME)?
Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea or auditory nerve.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
For amblyopia, the nurse instructs parents to patch this eye.
What is the stronger (good) eye?
This condition is caused by a blocked meibomian gland, is painless, and often resolves on its own.
What is a chalazion?
Name the infection of the sebaceous gland at the eyelid margin.
What is a hordeolum (stye)?
The most common bacterial causes of AOM include these two pathogens.
What are Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae?
The decibel range that defines moderate hearing loss.
What is 40–60 dB?
This is the main reason infants rub their eyes in glaucoma or conjunctivitis.
What is pain or discomfort from increased pressure / infection?
This refractive error occurs when light focuses in front of the retina, making distant objects blurry.
What is myopia?
The absence of the red reflex in an infant may indicate this serious eye disorder.
What is a congenital cataract or retinoblastoma?
Surgical placement of tiny tubes in the tympanic membrane is called this.
What is pressure-equalizing (PE) tubes / tympanostomy tubes?
This type of hearing loss occurs when both conductive and sensorineural components are present.
What is mixed hearing loss?
Infants with ROP should be examined serially by this specialist.
What is a pediatric ophthalmologist?
Nystagmus is characterized by this abnormal eye movement.
What is involuntary, rapid oscillating eye movements?
This eye injury occurs when blood vessels in the sclera rupture, usually after blunt trauma or increased pressure, is painless, and the appearance can be alarming but vision remains normal.
What is a scleral hemorrhage?
The orientation and shape of this structure in infants make them more susceptible to middle ear infections.
What is the eustachian tube (short, wide, horizontal in infants)?
Early intervention in hearing loss is critical because it improves this in infants and young children.
What is verbal communication / language development?
Parents of a child with nasolacrimal duct obstruction are taught this technique to help open the duct.
What is nasolacrimal duct massage?