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1
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What is otalgia?

A

Ear pain

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2
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Which facial nerves are related to numbness?

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CN V, VII

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3
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What is loudness recruitment?

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When sounds become rapidly loud due to cochlear impairment

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What is impacted cerumen?

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Earwax blocking the canal

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5
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How do you call swimmer’s ear?

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External otitis

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Perforated tympanic membrane

A

ruptured eardrum

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7
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Osteomas is

A

benign outgrowths of bone

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8
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Microtia is 

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abnormal small/ deformed auricle

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Atresia is

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Absent ear canal

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10
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Impacted cerumen & ossicular discontinuity can lead to

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up to 60 dB conductive HL

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Perforated tympanic membrane can lead to

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Flat/ mild conductive hearing loss

But excellent WRS

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12
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Treatment for perforated tympanic membrane

A

Tympanoplasty

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13
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What is tympanometry?

A

Repair outer/inner layers

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14
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What is the cause of otitis media?

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ETD

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15
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Otitis media can lead to

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transient conductive HL in children

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16
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What is otitis media?

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Inflammation of the middle ear space

17
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Audiogram of otitis media

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around 40 dB then flatter later (20dB) after 1K Hz

No masking at 2k, 4K Hz

18
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What is otosclerosis?

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A bone disorder to the stapes & bony labyrinth

19
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Audiogram of otosclerosis

A

Carharts notch @ 2K Hz (minimized ABG)

20
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Tympanometry of otosclerosis

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As

21
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Reflex of otosclerosis

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Absent

22
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Otosclerosis is more in …..

A

Women

23
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Treatment of otosclerosis

A

stepedectomy (prothesis)

24
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What is cholesteatoma?

A

Sac of keratin tissue on the TM

25
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Cause of cholesteatoma

A

Chronic ear infections

Healed perforation

26
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What is mastoidectomy?

A

To remove all the middle ear anatomical structures along with the affected mastoid bone

27
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What causes mastoidectomy?

A

Chronic ear infections

Cholesteatoma

28
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Presbycusis is

A

age-induced HL

29
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Audiogram of presbycusis

A

Gradual decrease in high f

30
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Noise induced hearing loss is caused by

A

overexposure to loud sounds

31
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Audiogram of noise induced

A

Notch @4K

3K-6K

32
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Meniere’s disease is

A

a classic unilateral HL

33
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Symtoms of meniere’s disease

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Vertigo 
Nausea 
Worse WRS 
Roaring tinnitus 
Aural fulness 
Fluctuating SNHL
34
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Audiogram of meniere’s disease

A

More severe in low frequencies but flatten over time

35
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Treatment for meniere’s disease

A

CI

Not good for hearing aids

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