Eye Exams
This is used in the basic first step of measuring distance visual acuity.
What is the Snellen Chart?
The abbreviation for right eye.
What is OD?
A term for a ringing sound in the ears.
What is tinnitis?
To evaluate middle ear function, this probe applies pressure to test the movement of the ear drum.
What is tympanometer?
Observing the response of one pupil while shining the light in the other eye.
What is consensual response?
The term for the deviation of the eye away from the axis due to muscle weakness.
What is tropia?
The abbreviation for left ear.
What is AS?
This auditory acuity test involves placing a tuning fork on the mastoid process.
What is the Rinne Test?
The reason X-ray films would be ordered to evaluate the bony structures of the orbit.
What is after facial trauma?
The name of the structure to which pressure is applied after giving an eye med.
What is the lacrimal punctum (tear duct)?
Press against the bone of the nose not into the eye.
The term for drainage from ear.
What is otorrhea?
This auditory acuity test involves placing a tuning fork on the patient's head.
What is the Weber Test?
This test uses Fluorescein dye and special cameras to find leaking/damaged blood vessels in the retina.
What is angiography?
The term for involuntary, cyclical, rapid movements of the eyes.
What is nystagmus?
The term for ear pain.
What is otalgia?
Also known as the falling test, this test asks the patient to stand with feet together with eyes open then closed to assess vestibular function.
What is the Romberg Test?
Recommended frequency of eye exams for optically healthy adults age 18 to 60.
What is every 2 years?
The term for lipid deposits causing whitening of the rim of the cornea after age 40.
What is arcus senilis?
This term refers to a device that converts sound into signals sent to an electrode attached to the auditory nerve.
What is a cochlear implant?
This test involves warm water being instilled into the ear canal while eye movements are monitored.
What is caloric test?