OE/ME Disorders
This hearing loss can be caused by outer ear/middle ear disorders.
What is conductive?
This hearing loss can be caused by inner ear disorders.
What is sensory?
This disorder is dizziness related to aging.
Presbystasis or Presbycusis
What is presbystasis?
The three systems that work together for balance in humans are the vestibular, visual and this system.
What is somatosensory/proprioceptive?
The location of the receptor cells for hearing.
What is the cochlea or organ of CORTI or scala media?
A cholesteatoma is made up of protein, skin and ____
What is fat?
This disorder does not show hearing loss on an audiogram.
ANSD
Central hearing loss
APD
This disorder is when the bone over the superior SCC is open resulting in a hypersensitivty to bone conducted sounds.
Superior SCC Dehiscence
Meniere's disease
Vestibular Equivalent migraine
Perilymph fistula
What is Superior SCC Dehiscence?
The Dix-Hallpike maneuver is used to test for this vestibular disorder.
What is BPPV?
When conducting PTAC, start at ___dB and ___ Hz
What is 30 and 1000?
What is the most common skin cancer on the pinna?
basal cell
squamous cell
malignant melanoma
What is squamous cell?
Name two examples of congenital hearing loss. One that is prenatal and peri- or post-natal.
What is Rh factor, congenital rubella, ototoxicity, CMV, toxoplasmosis, syphilis or HIV?
What is anoxia, prematurity or trauma? OR
What is OM, elevated serum bilirubin, serious infections, congenital deformities of head or neck?
This presents as sudden onset of vertigo with hearing loss.
Neuritis or Labyrinthitis
This test assesses the horizontal SCC function.
Gaze testing
Calorics
Saccades
VEMP
What are calorics?
AC is abnormal, BC is normal and there is a significant air bone gap with this type of hearing loss.
What is conductive?
Malformed pinna and no ear canal
What is microtia and atresia?
Difference between misophonia and hyperacusis.
What is that misophonia is the strong reaction to specific sounds whereas hyperacusis is a reduced tolerance to typical sounds?
This is the most common symptom reported by HS athletes when they have concussions.
What is tinnitus?
This vestibular assessment is the only proven test to detect Meniere's Disease when a patient is non-symptomatic.
CDP
Rotary chair
VEMP
VNG
What is VEMP?
Name one behavioral test in the audiological evaluation and one electrophysiological test.
What is PTAC, PTBC, VRA, CPA?
What is tymps, AR, OAE, ABR?
Definition of otosclerosis
What is spongy growth on the stapes?
Three red flags or symptoms of a vestibular schwannoma
What is unilateral or asymmetrical tinnitus or hearing loss?
What is dizziness?
What is poorer word discrim with louder presentation levels?
This is the most common cause of episodic vertigo.
What is BPPV?
This vestibular assessment assesses functional limitations and leads to possible vestibular rehab.
What is computerized dynamic posturography (CDP)?
For each part of the audiological evaluation, indicate the part of the ear that it is measuring:
Bone conduction audiometry
Otoscopy
OAEs
Tympanometry
ABR
Bone conduction audiometry What is IE?
Otoscopy What is OE?
OAEs What are the outer hair cells/IE?
Tympanometry What is the ME?
ABR What is CNVIII?