Assessment of the ears

Question 1

tinnitus

Answer 1

ringing
- occurs in sensorineural hearing loss

Question 2

vertigo

Answer 2

dizziness

Question 3

otalgia

Answer 3

ear pain

Question 4

how to inspect an ear of an adult

Answer 4

pull pinna up and back

Question 5

how to inspect an infant or childs ear

Answer 5

pull pinna straight down

Question 6

cercumen

Answer 6

color is grey-yello, light brown or black, texture is moist and wavy, dry and desiccated

Question 7

tympanic membrane expected findings

Answer 7

• flat position
• intact, shiny, translucent, pearly grey, light reflex, anteroinferior quadrant

Question 8

clear discharge in the ear canal is indicative of

Answer 8

CSF- head injuries

Question 9

purulent drainage in the ear canal is indicative of

Answer 9

otitis externa or media with ruptured eardrum

Question 10

otorrhea

Answer 10

discharge

Question 11

external otitis drainage

Answer 11

purulent, sangineous, or watery discharge

Question 12

acute otitis medis with perforation drainage

Answer 12

purulent drainage

Question 13

cholesteatoma drainage

Answer 13

dirty yellow or grey discharge with foul odour

Question 14

sign of perforation

Answer 14

ear pain typically occurs first and then stops with a popping sensation; then drainage occurs

Question 15

prebycusis onset

Answer 15

gradual

Question 16

conductive hearing loss is caused by

Answer 16

fixation of the stapes

Question 17

recruitment

Answer 17

a condition which loss is marked when sound is initially at low intensity but actually becomes painful when repeated loudly

Question 18

microtia

Answer 18

ears smaller than 4cm vertically

Question 19

macrotia

Answer 19

ears larger then 10cm vertically

Question 20

darwins tubercle

Answer 20

small painless nodule on the helix

Question 21

atresia

Answer 21

absense or closure of the ear canal

Question 22

romberg test

Answer 22

assesment of the ability of the vestibular apparatus in the inner ear to maintain standing balance

Question 23

otitis externa is also called

Answer 23

swimmers ear

Question 24

when selecting a speculum for the otoscope select

Answer 24

the largest speculum that will fot in the ear canal comfortably

Question 25

appropriate ear position

Answer 25

top of the pinna horizontal to the outer canthus

Question 26

shorter, wider eustachian tube is indicative of

Answer 26

frequent ear infections