Ear Disease Flashcards

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What are the symptoms of ear disease?

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Hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, otalgia, discharge, facial weakness, nasal symptoms

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What are the signs of ear disease?

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Discharge, swelling, bleeding, masses, external scars, changes in ear drum, swelling of mastoid, facial weakness, hearing loss

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What are the types of hearing loss?

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Conductive, sensorineural, mixed

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What is otitis externa?

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Inflammation of skin of ear canal

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What causes otitis externa?

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Almost always infective = may be bacterial or fungal

Commonly water, cotton buds or skin conditions

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Who gets acute otitis media?

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More common in children, associated with glue ear and URTIs

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What is chronic otitis media associated with?

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Otitis media with effusion (glue ear), perforation, cholesteatomas

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What age group commonly suffers from glue ear?

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More common in children

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What is glue ear associated with?

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Eustachian tube dysfunction or obstruction

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What should be considered as the causes of glue ear in adults?

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Rhinosinusitis, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, nasopharyngeal lymphoma

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What do audiograms for glue ear look like?

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CHL with flat tympanogram

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What causes perforation?

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Commonly due to acute otitis media, may occur after trauma

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How is perforation treated?

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Doesn’t normally need treatment as it heals spontaneously

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What is a cholesteatoma?

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Presence of keratin within middle ear = erodes surrounding bone

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What may a cholesteatoma cause?

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Hearing loss, discharge and complications

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How do cholesteatomas arise?

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Most commonly acquired, rarely congenital

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How are cholesteatomas treated?

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Generally need surgical excision and reconstruction

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What are some complications of acute otitis media and cholesteatomas?

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Medially = sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, facial palsy
Superiorly = brain abscess, meningitis
Posteriorly = venous sinus thrombosis
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What does otosclerosis present with?

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Gradual onset conductive hearing loss

20
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Who tends to suffer from otosclerosis?

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More common in women = progresses more rapidly during pregnancy, tends to be familial

21
Q

Why is a stapedectomy required to treat otosclerosis?

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There is fixation of the stapes footplate

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What are some causes of sensorineural hearing loss?

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Presbyscusis, noise-induced, drug-induced, vestibular schwannoma, Meniere’s disease, trauma (i.e skull fracture)

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What is the most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss?

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Presbyscusis = caused by aging, occurs gradually, highly variable onset, affects high frequency sounds first

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What is the classical sign of noise-induced hearing loss on an audiogram?

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Classical dip at 4kHz

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What occurs in noise-induced hearing loss?
Loss of perception of narrow range of frequencies = preventable with projection (employers legal obligation)
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Why may drugs cause hearing loss?
Could be directly toxic to inner ear or auditory nerve
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What are some drugs that may cause sensorineural hearing loss?
Gentamicin and other aminoglycosides, chemotherapy drugs (cisplatin, vincristine), aspirin and NSAIDS in overdose
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What is a vestibular schwannoma?
Benign tumour of inner auditory meatus = diagnosed on MRI
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How do vestibular schwannomas present?
Hearing loss, tinnitus, imbalance
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What is Meniere's disease?
Disorder of inner ear = causes hearing loss and dizziness, usually occurs between 20-40s
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Where may trauma that has caused hearing loss be to?
Directly to the ear itself or to the head = can cause any of the three kinds of hearing loss
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What are some complications of a skull fracture?
Conductive/sensorineural hearing loss, facial palsy, cerebrospinal fluid leak