Care of Patients with Ear and Hearing Problems (4)

Question 1

cerumen can be irrigated out of ear canal by using

Answer 1

warm water

Question 2

stream water where to allow back pressure to push out rather than further down

Answer 2

above or below impaction

Question 3

whirling or twirling in space sensation

Answer 3

vertigo

Question 4

disturbance of crystals in semicircular canals characterized by vertigo lasting days to months

Answer 4

benign positional vertigo

Question 5

random drug you didnt know had antivertigo effects

Answer 5

diazepam

Question 6

infection in labryinth usually secondary to otitis media

Answer 6

labrinthyitis

Question 7

labrynthitis treatment

Answer 7

antibiotics if bacterial
bedrest, darkened room
labryinthectomy (severe N/V and hearing loss expected)

Question 8

vestibular disease due to excess of endolymphatic fluid characterized with attacks lasting days or continously
(falling feeling)

Answer 8

Menieres disease

Question 9

unique characteristic of Mineres disease

Answer 9

unilateral sensorineal hearing loss

Question 10

acoustic neauroma is a tumor on which CN

Answer 10

CN VIII

Question 11

key to treating hearing loss

Answer 11

early detection

Question 12

2 types of surgery for conductive hearing loss

Answer 12

tympanplasty

stapedectomy (when otsclerosis is present)

Question 13

surgery for sensorineal hearing loss

Answer 13

implants