Ear, Nose, And Throat Terms

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Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor

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otorhinolaryngologist

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olfaction

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smell

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gustation

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taste

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3 small bones in inner ear

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malleus
incus
stapes

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What are the 2 types of hearing loss?

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1. conductive - lesion in auditory canal

2. sensorinearual - acoustic trauma (noise) or neurological, caused by tumor

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2 types of tests for hearing loss

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air conduction
bone conduction

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cerumen

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ear wax

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Another name for auricle

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pinna

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What are the 2 tuning fork tests?

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1. Weber - placed on head

2. Rinne - placed in pinna & mastoid process

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audiometer

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transmits stimuli using earphones to test air conduction and oscillation to test bone conduction

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decibels

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hearing loss measurement

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spondee threshold

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intensity at which speech is recognized

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discrimination

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recognize and repeat words correctly

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Tympanometry

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measures energy passing through middle ear

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otorrhea

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ear discharge

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tinnitus

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ear noise

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otoscopy

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lighted instrument to look in ear

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Valsalva maneuver

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forced exhalation with plugged nostrils and closed mouth

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otalgia

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earache

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How long is the throat?

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13cm.

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acoustic neuroma

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benign tumor on nerve from ear to brain

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neurinoma
schwannoma

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benign tumor on nerve sheath

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anosmia

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loss of smell

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ceruminoma

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tumor of ceruminous glands

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cholesteatoma

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nodular growth of squamous epithelium from external ear into middle ear. Is a shiny, white, brittle mass. (Complication of otitis media)

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labyrinthitis

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inflammation of labyrinth

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msatoiditis

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inflammation of mastoid cells

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Meniere disease

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recurrent vertigo when lying down, hearing loss, and tinnitus. (Because of dilation of labyrinth membranes)

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myringitis

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inflammation of tympanic memebrane

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otitis externa

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swimmers ear - inflammation of outer and middle ear

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otitis media

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inflammation of middle ear. Most common ear infection.
(pain, fever, abnormal hearing)

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acute otitis media

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bacterial infection of middle ear

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chronic otitis media

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permanent perforation of tympanic membrane

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serous otitis media

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effusion (fluid leakage)of middle ear, or obstruction of eustachian tube

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otosclerosis

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bony labyrinth in which there is a spongy bone formation in front of/behind stapes - results in hearing loss

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pharyngitis

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inflammation of pharynx

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presbycusis

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sensorineural hearing loss - aging

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rhinitis

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URI

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sinusitis

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inflammation of sinuses

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vestibular neuronitis

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sudden onset of vertigo which is persistant and then paroxysmal