Ear Disease

Question 1

name the 3 types of hearing loss

Answer 1

conductive
sensorineural
mixed

Question 2

define otalgia

Answer 2

pain in the ear

Question 3

name the thick part of the eardrum

Answer 3

pars tensa

Question 4

name the thin part of the eardrum

Answer 4

pars flaccida

Question 5

define otitis externa

Answer 5

inflammation of the skin of the ear canal

Question 6

otitis external can be __________ or ______

Answer 6

otitis external can be BACTERIAL or FUNGAL

Question 7

what are the common causes of otitis externa?

Answer 7

water
cotton buds
skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis
DM

Question 8

acute otitis media is more common in who and is associated with what?

Answer 8

AOM
children
glue ear and URTI

Question 9

name the 3 types of chronic otitis media

Answer 9

otitis media with effusion - glue ear

cholesteatoma

perforation

Question 10

what is the other term for acute otitis media with effusion?

Answer 10

glue ear

Question 11

acute otitis media with effusion is more common in who?

Answer 11

children

Question 12

what is glue ear associated with dysfunction/obstruction of?

Answer 12

eustachian tube

Question 13

chronic hearing loss with flat tympanogram

diagnosis?

Answer 13

otitis media with effusion - glue ear

Question 14

perforation is commonly due to what?

Answer 14

AOM

Question 15

presence of keratin within the middle ear

diagnosis?

Answer 15

cholesteatoma

Question 16

cholesteatoma erodes what?

Answer 16

surrounding bone

Question 17

what does cholesteatoma cause?

Answer 17

hearing loss and discharge

Question 18

cholesteatoma treatment?

Answer 18

surgical excision and reconstruction

Question 19

complications of cholesteatoma?

Answer 19

brain abscesses
mastoiditis
thrombus
facial palsy

Question 20

gradual onset conductive hearing loss

more common in women

progresses more rapidly during pregnancy

familial

fixation of stapes footplate

correction by stapedectomy

diagnosis?

Answer 20

otosclerosis

Question 21

define otosclerosis

Answer 21

abnormal bone growth of middle ear

Question 22

AOM
cholesteatoma
otitis externa
AOM
glue ear
COM

the above all cause what type of hearing loss?

Answer 22

conductive

Question 23

what term is giving to degenerative hearing loss?

Answer 23

presbycusis

Question 24

what frequency is usually lost in presbycusis?

Answer 24

high frequencies

Question 25

there is a classical dip on an audiograph in those with presbycusis at what frequency?

Answer 25

4 kHz (4000Hz)

Question 26

name the drugs that cause hearing loss

Answer 26

gentamicin chemotherapeutic drugs such as cisplatin and vincristine aspirin and NSAIDs in overdose

Question 27

name the benign tumour arising in the internal acoustic meatus

Answer 27

vestibular schwannoma

Question 28

what test do you perform to diagnose vestibular schwannoma

Answer 28

MRI

Question 29

how does vestibular schwannoma present?

Answer 29

hearing loss tinnitus imbalance

Question 30

vestibular schwannoma and presbycusis is what type of hearing loss?

Answer 30

sensorineural