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41 Cards in this Set
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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Condition in which the inner ear or cochlear portion of the cranial nerve VIII is abnormal or diseased.
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Cognition
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Intellectual ability to think
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Hyperopia
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Farsightedness
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Chalazion
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cyst of the meibomian glands
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Awareness
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capacity to perceive sensory impressions through thoughts and actions
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Hallucination
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sensory perception that occurs, not based on reality
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Glaucoma
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Disorder characterized by an abnormally high pressure of fluid inside the eyeball.
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Stye
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Pustular inflammation of the eyelash follicle or sebaceous gland on the eyelid margin
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Cataract
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Condition in which the lens of the eye loses its transparency and becomes opaque
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Cerumen
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Earwax
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Efferent Nerve Pathway
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Descending spinal cored pathway that transmits sensory impulses from the brain
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Vertigo
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Slow-growing, benign tumor of the vestibular portion of the inner ear
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Myopia
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Nearsightedness
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Meniere's Disease
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State of hearing loss characterized by tinnitus and vertigo
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Macular Degeneration
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Atrophy or deterioration of the macula
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Illusion
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Inaccurate perception or misinterpretation of sensory stimuli
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Sensory Deficit
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Change in the perception of sensory stimuli; can affect any of the senses
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Keratitis
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Inflammation of the cornea
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Otitis Externa
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Bacterial infection of the external canal "swimmer's ear".
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Sensory Deprivation
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stateo of reduced sensory input from the internal or external enviromnent, manifested by alteration in sensory perception
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Nystagmus
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Repetitive and involuntary movement of the eyeballs.
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Otitis Media
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Inflammation of the middle ear
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Disorientation
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state of mental confusion in which awareness of time, place, self and situation is impaired
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Conductive Hearing Loss
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Condition characterized by the inability of the sound waves to reach the inner ear
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Strabismus
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inabiiity of the eyes to focus in the same direction
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Orientation
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Perception of self in relation to the surrounding enviromnent
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Tinnitus
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Ringing sound in the ear
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Astigmatism
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Asymmetric focus of light rays on the retina
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sensation
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ability to receive and process stimuli received through the sensory organs
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Conjunctivitis
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Inflammation of the conjunctiva
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Consciousness
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State of awareness of self, others and surrounding environment
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Sensory Overload
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stateo f excessive and sustained multisensory stimulation manifested by behavior change and perceptual distortion
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Presbycusis
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inability of the lens of the eye to change curvature to focus on near objects
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Sensory Perception
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ability to receive sensory impressions and through cortical assoc. relate the stimuli to past experiences and form an impression of thenature of the stimulus
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Perception
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ability to experience, recognize, organize and interpret sensory stimuli
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Otosclerosis
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conductive hearing loss secondary to a pathologic change of the bones in the middle ear
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arousal
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state of wakefulness and alertness
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Presbyopia
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inability of the lens of the ey to change curvature to focus on near objects
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Acoustic Neuroma
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Slow growing benign tumor of the vestibular portion of the inner ear.
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Afferent Nerve Pathway
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ascending spinal cord pathway that transmits sneosry impulses to the brain
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Affect
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expression of mood or feeling
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