Chapter 15: Ears Flashcards
1
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Sensory organ for hearing and maintaining equilibrium
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Ear
2
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Normal pathway of hearing
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Air conduction
3
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Hearing loss that involves a mechanical dysfunction of the external or middle ear. Partial loss.
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Conductive hearing loss
4
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Hearing loss that signifies pathology of the inner ear, CN 8 or the auditory areas of the cerebral cortex.
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Sensorineural or perceptive hearing loss
5
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Mixed loss
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Both sensorineural and conductive
6
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Ocosclerosis
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Common cause of conductive hearing loss. It’s a gradual bone formation that causes the footplate of the stapes to become fixed to oval window
7
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Otalgia
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May be caused directly by ear disease or may be referred pain from a problem in teeth or oropharynx
