Medical Terms
The term used to describe a hearing loss that occurs before or during birth
What is congenital?
The frequency range most affected by collapsing ear canals
What is the high frequencies?
Absence of an ear canal opening
What is aural atresia?
The most appropriate transducer for collapsing canals
The disorder present in image #1
What is microtia?
The bone that contains air cells into which pathogens can spread as a result of chronic otitis media
What is the mastoid?
The suspected pathology when bone conduction thresholds show Carhart's notch
What is otosclerosis?
A middle ear pathology that can be life-threatening
What is cholesteatoma?
The disorder for which a myringotomy might be recommended
What is chronic otitis media?
The disorder present in image #2
What is pre-auricular pit?
The term used to indicate that a person is experiencing a disruption in their normal function as a result of having a medical condition
What is disorder?
Does not typically impact pure-tone thresholds despite producing an outgrowth of bone in the ear canal
What is exostosis?
What is a pre-auricular tag?
The condition for which an audiologist might appropriately perform irrigation of the ear canal
What is excess cerumen?
The disorder present in image #3
What is tympanic membrane perforation?
The term used to describe the Eustachian tube when it consistently remains open
What is patent?
An infection that can result in conductive hearing loss due to stenosis of the ear canal
What is otitis externa?
What is disarticulation of the ossicular chain?
The name of the surgical treatment for otosclerosis that involves removal of the stapes and insertion of a prosthesis
What is stapedectomy?
The disorder present in image #4
What is acute otitis media?
The term used to describe drainage from the ear
What is otorrhea?
Variable pure-tone thresholds depending upon the size and location of the hole
What is tympanic membrane perforation?
A middle-ear disorder that more commonly occurs in females
What is otosclerosis?
What is watch and wait?
The disorder present in image #5
What is foreign body in the ear canal?