ears Flashcards
the color of the auricle should be
same as the facial skin
negative findings of the ear include
cyanosis
pallor
redness
the normal position of the auricle is
alligned w outher canthus
low set of ears may indicate
down syndrome
a normal auricles elasticity should be
mobile firm & non tender
pinna recoils after folded
and ubnormal finding of a clients auricle is
flaky,
tender
lesios
normal color of tympanic membrane
pearly gray, color, semitransparent
deviation of tympanic membrane color
pink/red, yellow
dull surface
the cerumen of the external ear should be
dry, gray; sticky wet; brown
the external ear canal should
contain hair follicles and glands
examples of tuning fork test
webers test
rinne test
when a sound is heard in both ears / localized at the centre of the head what measurement of the weber is this
weber negative ; NORMAL
when there are sensory neural disturbances
weber positive ; nega
normal rhinne test:
AC> BC ; positive rinne
deviation of rinne test
BC>AC ; Nega rinne
ears are equal in size, (4-10 cm) is it normal or abnormal
normal
the auricle aligns with corner of each eye within 10 degree normal or abn
normal
the earlobes may be free, attached/attach to skin with no lobe( normal or abn
normal
ears are smaller than 4cm or larger than 10 cm
Abnormal
nontender, hard lymphnodes - gout is called
Tophi
blocked sebaceous glands
postauricular cyst
ulcerated, crusted nodules that bleed
skin cancer
redness, swelling,scaling or itching of ears
OTITIS EXTERNA
pale, blue earcolor
frostbite
how would u pull the pinna of person aged >3yrs
down outward
the otoscope should be tilted:
head toward opp shoulder
the otoscope must be held:
upside down
damage in the inner ear
sensorineural hearing loss
something blocks or impairs the passage of vibrations
conductive hearing loss
what is used to test sensorineural or conductive hearing loss
tuning fork
using the weber test, the client hears sound on the poor ear
conductive hearing
during the weber test the client hears the sound on the unaffected ear
sensorineural
this is when we compair air and bone conduction
Rinne test
in the rinne test bone conduction is heard longer than air conduction
Conductive hearing loss
during the rinne test, air conduction is heard longer than bc
sensorineural
