Terminology
Pertaining to hearing or sound
Acoustic
Audi/o
hearing; the sense of hearing
results from impairment of the cochlea or auditory nerve
deafness
the inner ear is also called
labyrinth
the record (chart) produced when a person’s hearing is tested by audiometry.
AUDIOGRAM
macrotia
The condition of large ears
salping/o
eustachian tube
tumor arising from the acoustic vestibulocochlear nerve om the brain
acoustic neuroma
the third ossicle of the middle ear
incus
fluid contained in the labyrinth of the inner ear.
PERILYMPH
hyperacusis
abnormally acute sensitivity to sounds
tympan/o
eardrum
cause by irritation of delicate hair cells in the inner ear, may be associated with chronic otitis, otosclerosis and other disorder
tinnitus
the flap of the ear or pinna
auricle
central cavity of the labyrinth, connecting the semicircular canals and the cochlea.
VESTIBULE
Postauricular
pertaining to behind the ear
mastoid/o
mastoid process
hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear , result of hereditary
otosclerosis
The membrane that separates the middle ear from the inner ear is the
oval window
Sensation of noises in the ears without an external source.
TINNITUS
Pertaining to the eustachian tube and the throat-
Salpingopharyngeal
hearing
acusis or – cusis
abnormal condition of a fungal infection in the ear
otomycosis
The canal leading from the middle ear to the pharynx is called the
eustachian tube
Surgical insertion of a device that allows sensorineural hearing–impaired persons to understand speech.
COCHLEAR IMPLANT PROCEDURE