Chapter 17: Ear Vocabulary

Question 1

Acoustic

Answer 1

Pertaining to hearing or sound

Question 2

Audiogram

Answer 2

Record of hearing as taken by an audiometer

Question 3

Audiologist

Answer 3

Health care professional specializing in the evaluation and rehabilitation of people with hearing loss

Question 4

Auditory

Answer 4

Pertaining to hearing

Question 5

Aural

Answer 5

Pertaining to the ear

Question 6

Postauricular

Answer 6

Pertaining to behind the ear

Question 7

CXochlear

Answer 7

Pertaining toe the cochlea (spiral-shaped tube in the inner ear)

Question 8

Mastoiditis

Answer 8

Inflammation of the mastoid process (behind the ear)

Question 9

Myringotomy

Answer 9

Incision of the eardrum

Question 10

Myringitis

Answer 10

Inflammation of the ear drum

Question 11

Ossiculoplasty

Answer 11

Surgical repair of the middle ear bone

Question 12

Otic

Answer 12

Pertaining to the ear

Question 13

Otomycosis

Answer 13

Abnormal condition of a fungal infection in the ear

Question 14

Otopyorrhea

Answer 14

Discharge of pus from the ear

Question 15

Otolaryngologist

Answer 15

Specialist in the ear and larynx (upper respiratory region)

Question 16

Salpingopharyngeal

Answer 16

Pertaining to the eustachian tube and the throat

Question 17

Stapedectomy

Answer 17

Removal of the stapes bone (middle ear bone)

Question 18

Tympanoplasty

Answer 18

Surgical repair o the eardrum

Question 19

Vestibulocochlear

Answer 19

Pertaining to the vestibule and cochlea of the inner ear. This is the 8th cranial nerve (acoustic nerve)

Question 20

Hyperacusis

Answer 20

Abnormally acute sensitivity to sounds

Question 21

Presbycusis

Answer 21

Progressive, bilateral hearing loss occurring with age

Question 22

Audiometer

Answer 22

Instrument to measure the sharpness of hearing

Question 23

Macrotia

Answer 23

Condition of large ears