Outer Ear
Which two terms describe the malformation of the pinna and the complete closure of the EAC?
What are Microtia and Atresia
Scarring on the TM and Malleus
What is Tympanosclerosis
Key dietary restriction to reduce severity of endolymphatic hydrops in Meniere's Disease
What is reducing sodium and caffeine consumption?
Suspected type and configuration of Diabetes-related hearing loss for each ear.
What is symmetric bilateral sloping SNHL
Known to cause temporary SNHL by altering inner ear fluid balance (not OHC destruction)
What are Loop Diuretics
The management for Exostosis or Osteoma is typically this non-invasive approach.
What is the Watch & Wait Approach
Incision placement for a tympanostomy tube is placed in which quadrant of the TM?
What is the Anterior Inferior quadrant?
Rapidly progressive and often fluctuating SNHL after steroidal treatment is caused by?
What is Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
This diagnostic tool is primarily used to screen for Vestibular Schwannomas
What is Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
Etiology that causes 7th nerve palsy, blisters, and SNHL due to dormant virus in neural structures
What is Herpes Zoster Virus (Ramsay Hunt Syndrome)
Etiology of a Keloid Scar involves the overproduction of this protein following skin trauma.
What is collagen
Ossicular Chain Disarticulation is associated with this type of Tymp
What is Type Ad
Pathology strongly suggested when vestibular symptoms worsen when the patient strains/sneezes/lifts heavy objects
What is a Perilymph Fistula
Vestibular Schwannoma originates at this specific branch of which nerve?
What is the Vestibular Branch of the 8th Nerve?
Lyme Disease, causing rapid SNHL, is primarily managed with this class of medication?
What are Antibiotics
A small, painful papule of ulcer on the helix or anti-helix due to pressure
What is Winklers Disease
Chronic ETD can lead to this pathology by causing a retraction pocked in the TM?
What is a Cholesteatoma
Timeframe in which sudden-onset SNHL should be treated?
What is 72 hours
Intracranial infections, involving erosion of the temporal bone due to Cholesteatoma
What is Meningitis
Aminoglycoside antibiotics cause high frequency SNGL due to the destruction of this specific IE structure?
What are Outer Hair Cells
Auricular Perichondritis occurs because a hematoma separates the cartilage from its blood supple in this surrounding tissue
What is the Perichondrium
A Glomus tumor would most likely result in this specific tympanometry type?
Type As
Iatrogenic complication of this ME surgery causes a Perilymph Fistula
What is a Stapedectomy
Glomus Jugular Tumor is composes of neuroendocrine and these vascular cells?
What are Sustentacular Cells
Complication resulting in SNHL due to bony overgrowth in inner ear, is a known sequela of bacterial Meningitis
What is Cochlear Osteoneogensis (ossification of the cochlea)