Diseases and Disorders
This refers to the sense that one's own body or the environment is revolving
What is vertigo?
Excision of the bone spaces in the temporal bone
What is a labyrinthectomy?
This means [graphic] record of hearing
What is an audiogram?
An individual who specializes in hearing
What is an audiologist?
ENT stands for this
What is ear, nose and throat?
This term refers to ringing in the ears
What is tinnitus?
Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane (eardrum)
What is a myringoplasty?
This means measurement of hearing
What is audiometry?
This means 'pertaining to the ear'
What is aural?
HOH stands for this
What is hard of hearing?
A benign tumor of the internal auditory canal
What is an acoustic neuroma?
A surgically inserted device that converts sounds into electrical impulses
What is a Cochlear implant?
Instrument that is used to visually examine the ears
What is an otoscope?
This means 'study of the ear'
What is otology?
OM means this
What is otitis media?
A cyst like mass composed of epithelial cells and cholesterol occurring in the middle hear
What is cholesteatoma
Incision into the eardrum
What is a myringotomy?
An instrument used to measure inner ear function
What is a tympanometer?
This means 'pertaining to the balance center'
What is vestibular?
AOM means this
What is acute otitis media?
This refers to hearing impairment occurring with age
What is presbycusis
Excision of the a portion of the temporal bone behind the ear
What is a mastoidectomy?
This means the 'process of recording the electrical activity in the cochlea'
What is electrocochleography?
Physician who specializes and treats diseases of the ear and larynx (throat)
What is an otolaryngologist?
MD stands for this (not in reference to a medical doctor)
What is Meniere's Disease?