abnormal*rational for ears

Question 1

otalgia is:

Answer 1

earache

Question 2

external otitis is:

Answer 2

purulent, sanguineous, or watery discharge

Question 3

acute OM with perforation:

Answer 3

purulent discharge

Question 4

cholesteatoma is:

Answer 4

dirty yellow/grey discharge, four odor.

Question 5

s/s of perforation:

Answer 5

ear pain occurs first,
stops with popping sensation
then drainage occurs

Question 6

prebycusis is:

Answer 6

gradual hearing loss

Question 7

recruitment is:

Answer 7

a marked loss when speech is at low intensity

sound becomes painful

Question 8

hearing loss can cause:

Answer 8

social isolation, decreased quality of life, functional decline, cognitive decline, depression

Question 9

tinnitus is:

Answer 9

“phantom sound in the ears”

Question 10

microtia is:

Answer 10

ears smaller than 4 cm

Question 11

marcrotia is:

Answer 11

ears larger than 10cm

Question 12

impacted cerumen is a common cause of:

Answer 12

conductive hearing loss

Question 13

what characteristics of basal skull fractures warrant immediate referrals:

Answer 13

frank blood, clear, watery, drainage, cerebrospinal fluid in the ear

Question 14

what is seen with acute OM?

Answer 14

ear pain, ear rubbing, budging red eardrum, middle ear effusion, fever (sometimes)

Question 15

atresia is:

Answer 15

absence or closure of the ear canal

Question 16

what is the best indicator of the middle ear infection in newborns first 6 weeks?

Answer 16

drum immobility

Question 17

what relieves chronic OM?

Answer 17

tympanovstomy tubes

Question 18

frostbite characteristics include:

Answer 18

reddish-blue discoloration and swelling of auricle

Question 19

otitis externa is:

Answer 19

(swimmers ear) infection of outer ear

painful with movement

Question 20

tophi is:

Answer 20

small whitish yellow hard contender nodule in or near helix

Question 21

chronic OM is:

Answer 21

more than 3 in 3 months or 4 in one year