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Aer/o

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Air or gas

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Acous/O , Audi/o

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Hearing

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Aur/I , ot/o

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Ear

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Cerumin/o

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Wax

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Salping/o

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Eustachian tube or uterine tube

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Tympan/o , myring/o

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Eardrum

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-acusis

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Hearing condition

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External auditory

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External passage for sounds collected from the pinna to the tympanum

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Cerumen

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A waxy substance secreted by glands located throughout the external canal

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Tympanic membrane (TM)

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Eardrum

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Eustachian tube

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Tube connecting the middle ear to the pharynx (throat)

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Inner ear

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Intricate, fluid filled, membrane that relays sound waves to the brain

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Otalgia/ otodynia

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Earache

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Otorrhagia

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Bleeding from the ear

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Otorrhea

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Purulent drainage from the ear

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Tinnitus

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A jingling, ringing or buzzing in the ear

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Vertigo

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Turning round, dizziness

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Otitis externa

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Inflammation of the external auditory meatus

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Cerumen impaction

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Excessive build up of wax in the ear (can cause reduced hearing )

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Myringitis / tympanitis

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Inflammation of the ear drum

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Otitis media

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Inflammation of the middle ear

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Eustachian obstruction

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Blockage of the eustuchian tube

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Labyrinthitis

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Inflammation of the labyrinth (inner ear)

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Audiometry

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Process of measuring hearing

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Audiometer

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Instrument to measure hearing

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Auditory acuity testing

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Physical assessment of hearing

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Otoscopy

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Use of an otoscope to examine the eternal auditory

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Otoplasty

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Surgical repair of the external ear

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Ear lavage

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Irrigation of the external ear canal

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Antibiotic

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Drug that inhibits growth of or destroys Microorganisms

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Antihistamine

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Drug that blocks the effects of histamine

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