Common Conditions
Hearing loss associated with aging.
What is presbycusis?
The impairment of the inner ear or vestibulocochlear nerve causing an the inability to understand speech.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
A patient with frequent vertigo is scheduled for electronystagmography the nurse states to do this before the procedure.
What is eat a light meal before the procedure?
The tympanic membrane is bulging and red.
What is acute otitis media?
Occurs because of an impairment of sound conduction from the outer to inner ear.
What is Conductive hearing loss?
Examination of the patient’s left ear indicates the presence of an exostosis the nurse teaches the importance of.
What is monitoring of the growth?
The only common cancers of the ear.
What is skin cancers?
A unilateral benign tumor that occurs where the vestibulocochlear nerve enters the internal auditory canal.
What is Acoustic neuroma?
This intravenous (IV) medication is the most likely to cause a hearing loss.
What is Vancomycin?
Involves inflammation or infection of the auricle and ear canal epithelium caused by infection.
What is external otitis?
Is caused by free-floating debris in the semicircular canals.
What is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?
After an acoustic neuroma is removed from a patient, the nurse teaches the patient about specific signs to report regarding the eye.
What is inability to close the eye?
The perception of sound in the ears where no external source is present.
What is tinnitus?
A hereditary disease that causes abnormal bone growth in the middle ear, causing conductive hearing loss.
What is otosclerosis?
A patient with Ménière’s disease should be taught this during discharge.
What is avoid sudden head movements or position changes?