Physical Assessment: Ears

Front 1

Using the otoscope, the typmanic membrane is visualized. The color of a normal membrane is:

Back 1

pearly gray

Front 2

Sensorineural hearing loss may be related to:

Back 2

a gradual nerve degeneration

Front 3

Prior to examining the ear with the otoscope, what should be palpated for tenderness?

Back 3

pinna, tragus, and mastoid process

Front 4

While viewing with the otoscope,the examiner instructs the person to hold the nose and swallow. During this maneuver, the eardrum should:

Back 4

Flutter

Front 5

To diferentiate between air conduction and bone conduction hearing loss, the examiner would perform:

Back 5

Rinne test

Front 6

In examining the ear of an adult, the canal is straightened by pulling the auricle:

Back 6

up and back

Front 7

Darwin's tubercle is:

Back 7

a congentital, painless nodule at the helix

Front 8

When the ear is being examined with the otoscope, the patient's head should be:

Back 8

Tilted away from the examiner

Front 9

The hearing receptors are located in the:

Back 9

cochlea

Front 10

The sensation of vertigo is the result of:

Back 10

pathology in the semicircular canals

Front 11

A common cause of conductive hearing loss is:

Back 11

impacted cerumen

Front 12

In the Rinne test, the 2 to 1 ratio refers to:

Back 12

the lengths of time until the patient stops hearing the tone by air conduction and by bone conduction

Front 13

Upon examination of the tympanic membrane, visualizaiton of which of the following findings indicates the infection of acute purulent otitis media?

Back 13

absent light reflex, reddened drum, bulging drum

Front 14

In examining a young adult woman, you observe her tympanic membrane to be yellow in color. You suspect she has:

Back 14

serum in the middle ear.

Front 15

Risk reduction for acute otitis media includes:

Back 15

eliminating smoking in the house and car