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40 Cards in this Set
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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 |
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
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