Ear Disease

Question 1

What is normal hearing threshold level

Answer 1

-10 to 20

Question 2

What do the X’s on the PTA indicate?

Answer 2

through air

Question 3

What do the brakcet on the PTA indicate?

Answer 3

bone conduction

Question 4

What does a tympanogram measure?

Answer 4

the movement of the ear drum in response to varying pressure

Question 5

What is the diagnositc test for ear disease?

Answer 5

otoendoscopy

Question 6

What are the 6 D symptoms for ear disease?

Answer 6

deafness; discomfort; discharge; dizziness; din din; defective movement of face

Question 7

What are the types of deafness?

Answer 7

conductive; sensorineural; mixed; central

Question 8

What nerves can be involved in earache?

Answer 8

V; VII; IX; X; C2,C3

Question 9

What is the most common nerve for causing earche?

Answer 9

IX- referred pain from a sore throat or toothache

Question 10

What conditions can cause otorrhoea?

Answer 10

AOM; COM; CSF leak

Question 11

What is chronic otitis media?

Answer 11

perforated ear drum that hasnt healed and has continued discharfe

Question 12

What are the 2 categroies of dizziness?

Answer 12

central and peripheral

Question 13

What is important in determining with periphaerla dizziness?

Answer 13

if there is associated hearing loss

Question 14

What is important to remember with tinnitus?

Answer 14

1% of those affected are a suicide risk

Question 15

What is tinnitus?

Answer 15

hearing sounds from inside your body rather than outside

Question 16

What is the main treatment for otitis externa?

Answer 16

cleaning

Question 17

What may also by given for otitis externa?

Answer 17

clotramizole or gentamicin drops

Question 18

What is seen on exam with AOM?

Answer 18

red ear drum

Question 19

What is OME?

Answer 19

presence of fluid behind an intact ear drum without infection

Question 20

What causes OME?

Answer 20

dysfunction of the eustachian tubes

Question 21

What is the chief cause of hearing loss in younr childre?

Answer 21

OME

Question 22

What cancer can cause OME?

Answer 22

nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Question 23

When should nasopharyngeal carcinoma be suspected?

Answer 23

unilateral OME in a chinese person

Question 24

What is seen on exam of OME?

Answer 24

fluid level or bubbles behind the drum

Question 25

What should be excluded with chronic OME?

Answer 25

cholesteatoma

Question 26

Why can chronic otitis media become cholesteatoma?

Answer 26

if secretions cannot drain, differentiation into squamous epithelium occurs

Question 27

What is another name for cholesteatoma?

Answer 27

active swuaous chonric otitis media

Question 28

What is the peak age of cholesteatoma?

Answer 28

5-15years

Question 29

What are the symptoms of cholesteatoma?

Answer 29

foul discharge +/- deafness; headache; pain; facial paralysis; vertigo

Question 30

What is the treatment for cholesteatoma?

Answer 30

mastoid surgery