A change in the perception of sensory stimuli (loss or change in one or more of the senses)
What is sensory deficit?
100
Hearing and equilibrium
What functions of inner ear?
100
Nearsightedness
What is myopia?
100
Vertigo, tinnitus, unilateral fluctuating hearing loss
What is Menieres disease?
100
Lens becomes cloudy or opaque
What is cataract?
200
Reduced sensory input
What is sensory deprivation?
200
Conduction of sound waves
What is functions of outer and middle ear?
200
Problems with focusing on near objects due to aging
What is presbyopia?
200
Nsg interventions for Menieres disease
What is bedrest, move or turn slowly in bed, call light in reach, antiemetics, side rails up, no glaring bright lights, call for assistance when getting up, dietary & social services, review disease process, review precipating factors
200
Abnormally high pressure in the eye
What is glaucoma?
300
Excessive and sustained sensory input
What is sensory overload?
300
Sound waves cannot reach inner ear
What is conductive hearing loss
300
Farsightedness
What is hyperopia?
300
From chronic or recurrent bacterial otitis media that extends into the bone
What is mastoiditis?
300
Blurred vision, sudden flashes of light, floating spots
What is retinal detachment?
400
Unaware of person, place, or time
What is disorientation?
400
Abnormal or diseased portions of inner ear causes this
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
400
This part of the eye changes shape to focus the eye on near or distant objects
What is the lens?
400
Treatment for otosclerosis
What is 1)do nothing and have hearing tested; 2) hearing aid; 3) stapedectomy
Different types; increases volume of sound but not clarity; need extra batteries; do not expose electronics to water; turn off before removing from ear
What is hearing aid?
500
The white of the eye
What is the sclera?
500
Tumor of the inner ear usually affecting cranial nerve VIII