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History/Background
Symptoms
Treatment
Implications
EVA Fun Facts
100
This form of treatment for EVA was used in the late 1900s and was shown to actually decrease participants level of hearing.
What is endolymphatic sac occlusion?
100
Hearing loss that gets worse over time.
What is a progressive hearing loss?
100
Type of scan that allows professionals to positively identify EVA.
What is a CT scan?
100
The age EVA is typically diagnosed.
What is the answer? We don't really know!
100
Size of an enlarged vestibular aqueduct as compared to a typical one.
What is 1.5mm or greater?
200
The time period when people started recognizing EVA as a legitimate hearing condition.
When are the late 1900s?
200
Hearing loss that occurs in only one ear.
What is unilateral hearing loss?
200
Type of treatment that cures hearing loss associated with EVA.
What is a TRICK QUESTION!
200
Area of development that can be negatively impacted due to EVA.
What is social development?
200
Percentage of children wit SNHL due to EVA.
What is 15%?
300
This person first describe EVA in 1791.
Who is Mondini?
300
Hearing loss that differs in range of decibels lost from day to day.
What is a fluctuating hearing loss?
300
Technology used with individuals with EVA that requires flexible programming options.
What is a hearing aid?
300
These should be avoided by individuals with EVA to avoid further progression of hearing loss.
What are contact sports?
300
Syndrome that EVA is most commonly associated with.
What is Pendred Syndrome?
400
Another name for EVA.
What is Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS)?
400
Hearing loss that occurs in both ears.
What is a bilateral hearing loss?
400
Type of therapy used with some individuals with EVA, if they experience dizzy episodes.
What is vestibular rehabilitation therapy?
400
Most important aspect of working with individuals with EVA.
What is monitoring!
400
Gene related to syndromic EVA.
What is the SLC26A4 gene?
500
The area that the vestibular aqueduct is found.
What is the inner ear?
500
Episodes of dizziness that sometimes occur with hearing loss in individuals with EVA.
What is vertigo?
500
Technology often used with EVA patients, provided they don't have comorbid inner ear abnormalities.
What is a cochlear implant?
500
The reason activities such as scuba diving should be avoided by individuals with EVA.
What are rapid changes in pressure?
500
The vestibular aqueduct is made out of this.
What is bone?