Ear

Down-Syndrome Do you ever see other people and wonder why they act and look so differently? Their is a genetic disorder by the name of Down-Syndrome. Down-Syndrome is a condition in which a person has 47 chromosomes while others have 46 it is also the most common chromosome condition. People with this disorder may have the facial features of flat face, small nose, upward slant eyes, enlarged tongue and may appear shorter than others. Kids with Down-Syndrome tend to grow at a slower rate. You…

mixed hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss is due to problems with the ear canal, ear drum, or middle ear and its bones. The causes of this type of hearing loss can include but not limited to fluid in the middle ear from colds, allergies, earwax, and infections. Some of these causes can be treatable with surgery and even antibiotics while some will have to use a hearing aid. Sensorial hearing loss is due to problems of the inner ear and is also known as nerve-related hearing loss. Causes can be…

the findings, tympanometry is performed. Tympanometry is a part of a physiological objective hearing test called Acoustic Immittance Audiometry that evaluates a middle ear function, in particular, tympanic membrane mobility and the conduction bones movements are tested (Bowen, 2015). Transmission of energy through the middle ear created by changes in air…

superglue on your skin. Getting superglue in your eyes, ears, or mouth. Breathing superglue into your airway. SYMPTOMS If superglue gets on your skin, symptoms may include: Skin that is stuck together. Sore skin. Skin burns. If superglue gets in your eye, symptoms may include: Pain. Eye watering. Blurry vision. Eyelids stuck together Loss of eyelashes. If superglue gets in your ear, symptoms may include: An earache. Trouble hearing…

such a thing as a stethoscope that is uncomfortable? The answer is yes. My first inexpensive stethoscope had hard plastic ear tips. The ear tips would pinch my ears and it was awful. I would cringe every time I had to put it in my hears, it hurt! Your stethoscope will be in and out of your ears million times. It is crucial to get a stethoscope with comfortable ear tips. Ear tips don’t only play a role in comfort they also play a vital role in sound quality and sound isolation. Don’t forget the…

Focus Objectives 1. Develop at least two (2) complete nursing diagnoses related to medication administration. Impaired Oral Mucous Membrane related to Medication side effects as evidenced by dry mouth and difficulty swallowing. (546) Risk for Aspiration related to impaired swallowing. (67) Impaired Tissue Integrity related to Excess fluid volume as evidenced by damaged tissue surrounding the subcutaneous area. Risk for Infection related to tissue destruction. 2. Identify the six rights of…

Understanding the difference between hearing and listening is the key to understanding how your brain works. From my understanding, there are four modes of hearing and listening when experiencing music. These four modes are known under the term called Quatre écoute, which is French for ‘Four listening’. Ouir, the first term is when you are capable of hearing but we are not paying attention to the sound. Entendre is when we are aware of the sound, ready to listen to it. Ecouter is when you are…

other sounds. Tinnitus is caused by prolonged exposure to loud sounds. Carpenters, pilots, rock musicians, street-repair workers, landscapers, and soldiers are among those whose jobs put them at risk of loud sounds. The treatment for this is to have ear wax removed, treating a blood vessel condition, or changing your medications. Tinnitus is when a person hears sounds like ringing, buzzing, hissing, chirping, whistling, or other sounds. It can be an extremely loud or quiet ringing, buzzing,…

different our musical tastes, I bet there are at least /some/ sounds we can agree on. Namely, the worst, most skin-crawling, ear-covering, cringe-inducing ones ... like oh, fingernails on a chalkboard. [pic:Aldeasycampamentos ] Gah. Just saying it gives me the willies. And it turns out that there’s a good scientific reason why certain sounds set most people’s teeth on edge: human ears are extra sensitive to a particular range of pitches. [pic: PD] … although where that sensitivity comes…

like when a person gets paroxysmal positional vertigo, that all these distractions could throw us off the pathway leading to Christ? In our inner ear we have two labyrinths First the Static labyrinth, which consists of the utricle and Saccule. Second, we have the dynamic labyrinth which consists of three semicircular canals, in this section of our ear there are little hairs called stereocilia, on top of the hairs we have a liquid called cupola. When the cupola moves across the stereocilia it…