Ear-ENT Flashcards
whisper
30dB
conversation
60dB
shouting
90dB
rhinophyma
hypertrophy of sebaceous glands; un treated rosacea
oral cavity 7 parts:
- lips
- gingiva
- floor of mouth
- anterior 2/3 tongue
- buccal mucosa
- hard palate
- retromolar trigone
oropharynx 5 parts:
- soft palate
- tonsils
- base of tongue
- posterior pharynx
- lateral pharynx
age for visual response audiometry/ distraction testing
less than 4 years old
flat tympanometry, kids
otitis media
perforation
OAE=
oto-acoustic emission
SCREENING IN KIDS
BSER=
brain stem evoked response
OBJECTIVE IN KIDS, GA
external ear causes–> CHL
- wax
- otitis externa
- atresia
middle ear causes–> CHL
- otitis media
- tympanic mem perforation
- ossicular discontinuity
- otosclerosis
- cholesteatoma
- glomus tumor
PC otosclerosis
tinnitus
CHL–> SNHL
UNI–> BI
risk factors for otosclerosis
female
pregnant
20-30yo
FAMILY HX
tx of otosclerosis
hearing aid
stapedectomy
problem in otosclerosis
fixation of stapes foot plate by immature new bone
MCC sudden SNHL
IDIOPATHIC
causes of sudden SNHL
ii-tt-an idiopathic infection- mumps/measles/TB/ syphilis trauma- surgery, base of skull fracture tumor- vesticular schwannoma autoimmune- wegners neuro- MS
tx of SNHL
underlying causes…
STEROIDS
CARBOGEN
differential gradual bilateral SNHL
- noise induced
- presbycussis
- ototoxic drugs
noise induced gradual SNHL
- cisplatin
- furosemide
- aminoglycosides
- erythromycin
- vancomycin
- aspirin
reversible ototoxic drug
ASPIRIN
irreversible ototoxic drug
CISPLATIN
1 macrloide= ototoxic
erythromycin
frequency for noise induced
4000– 500-2000Hz