Sensory Organs - Ear Disease Processes

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hearing loss =

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deafness

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common, temporarily associated with "plugging" or other processes

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deafness

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what type of hearing loss with age is extremely common

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degenerative hearing loss

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conductive; sensorineural

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2 types of hearing loss

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hearing loss caused by a lesion

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conductive hearing loss

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hearing loss with uncertainty as to whether a lesion has affected inner ear

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sensorineural hearing loss

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hearing loss that is rarely due to life-threatening disorder

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sensory hearing loss

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acoustic trauma =

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loud noises

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hearing loss commonly caused by tumors of the
cerebellopontine angle; potentially fatal, or other serious neurological disorder

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neural hearing loss

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region of brain at junction of the pons and cerebellum that is a frequent site of tumor formation

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cerebellopontine angle

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an acoustic stimulus (a noise) is presented to ear; this demonstrates a defect in any part of the hearing apparatus,
including the external auditory canal, middle ear, inner ear, 8th cranial nerve, and the central pathways.

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air conduction testing

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acoustic stimulus =

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noise

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placing a sound source in contact with head; this causes vibration throughout the skull, including the walls of the cochlea and the inner ear. This method bypasses the external and middle ear and tests the viability of the inner ear, 8th cranial nerve, and central pathways.

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bone conduction testing

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Weber, Rinne

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2 tuning fork ear tests

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tests used to differentiate a conductive hearing loss from
a sensorineural hearing loss

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tuning fork tests

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tuning fork test name - placing the stem of a vibrating tuning fork on the midline of head and having the patient indicate in which ear he/she can hear the tone. If a conductive hearing loss is present, the individual hears the tone in the affected ear, while in a sensorineural loss it is heard in the unaffected ear.

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Weber tuning fork test

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Weber test and patient hears the tuning fork tone in affected ear has what hearing loss

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conductive

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Weber test and patient hears the tuning fork tone in unaffected ear has what hearing loss

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sensorineural

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ines of vibrating tuning fork are held first near the pinna; then the stem of fork (still vibrating) is placed in contact with the mastoid process; the first site tests air conduction; the second tests bone conduction; the calculated ratio of which is heard longer and louder represents either a conductive or sensorineural hearing loss

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Rinne tuning fork test

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tuning fork test done on 2 areas

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Rinne

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Rinne testing near pinna is for which conduction

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air conduction testing

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Rinne testing at mastoid process is for which conduction

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bone conduction testing

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device which transmit acoustic stimuli of specific
frequencies at specific intensities using earphones to test air conduction and an oscillator to the head to test bone conduction; hearing loss is then measured in decibels

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audiometer

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test which uses an earphone device test for which conduction

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air conduction

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test which uses an oscillator device tests for which conduction

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bone conduction

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hearling loss is measured in ...

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decibels

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intensity at which speech is recognized. This is tested by presenting two syllable words, accenting each syllable equally, to the patient.

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spondee threshold

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ability to correctly recognize and repeat 1-syllable words; score is reached by percentage of words patient gets right upon repetition

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discrimination

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measures the effectiveness of the middle ear by placing a sound source into the external auditory canal and measuring the energy that passes through the middle ear

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tympanometry

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measures movement function of the tympanic membrane

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tympanometer

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measures movement function of the tympanic membrane

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tympanometer

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vertigo, earache (otalgia), itching, otorrhea (discharge from ear, generally purulent), and tinnitus (a noise in ears, such as ringing, buzzing, or roaring which others cannot hear

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ear pathology - major symptoms

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otalgia =

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earache

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otorrhea =

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discharge from ear

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tinnitus

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noise in ears

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a means used to determine underlying disease processes
associated with the major symptoms of ear pathology

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otoscopy

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membrane mobility evaluated with an otoscopy during a Valsalva maneuver

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tympanic membrane

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the forced exhalation effort against plugged nostrils and a closed mouth

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Valsalva maneuver