Ear Flashcards

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Outer ear
Ear drum (tympanum) divides the outer from middle ear
Middle ear»hammer,anvil,stirrup
Inner ear»liquid

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Valsalva manouvra

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Equalising the pressure between the middle and outer ear

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Cochlea

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Is a bony sttructure shpaed like a snail ,filled with fluids and very small capillary cells.
The movement of these small cells will be dependent on the volume and pitch of the original sound
The amount and frrequency of displaecmetn is detected by auditory nerve directly to the cortex of the brain where tiny electrical current are decoded into osund

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Hearing loss

NIHL (noise induced hearing loss)

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85/90 db intensity /duration (long duration )

120/140db one time off

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NIHL (noise induce hearing lost

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Due to overexposure to 90dbi

High frequncy makes more damage

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Presbycucis

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is the lost of hearing due to ageing

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Vestibular system

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The semicircular canals and otoliths are part of our balance system

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Acceleration can make u feel like climbing and viceversa

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Air motion sickness

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Mismatch between visual and vestibular system

Excessive vibration

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Somatogravic illusion

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Caused by linear acceleration.like when accelratting boo=dy feels like climbing and viceversa

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Somatogyral illusion

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Is the sensation of turning in the opposite direction that occurs whenever the body undergoes angular decelartion from a condition of sustained angular velocity

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