ENT Flashcards
4) Tuning Fork Tests-512 Hz
a) (hold tuning for on top of head)
i) Midline (Normal)
ii) Lateralizes to CHL or to better ear
iii) Will not lateralize more than 30 decibles
Weber
4) Tuning Fork Tests-512 Hz
i) AC >BC (Normal)
ii) BC>AC (CHL)
iii) Hold it out by ear, then place on mastoid process
Rinne
a) Stimulus in the ear
b) Receive electrical impulse via brain wave scan
9) Auditory Brainstem Response ABR
a) Outer Hair Cells emit low intensity sound following acoustic stimulation
b) Newborn Screening Test
c) Testing for kids
8) Otoacoustic Emission Testing
a) Autosomal Dominant incomplete penetrance
b) 60 % have family Hx
c) Fluoride prevents
d) Rx: hearing aids or Stapedectomy
12) Otosclerosis
a) Head Trauma
b) SSx: Headache, vertigo, SNHL, CHL, facial nerve paralysis, CSF leak via ear canal or nose
c) Rx: Neurosurgical unit observation, sx relief, lumbar drain, audio, possible ossicular reconstruction
14) Temporal Bone Fracture
a) Asymmetric SNHL
b) Vertigo
c) Facial nerve paralysis
d) Aural Fullness
e) Trigeminal numbness
f) Diplopia
g) Dx: MRI of IACs with contrast
h) Rx: OBS vs SURG vs XRT
15) Acoustic Neuroma
illusion of movement (ie rocking, rotary, ground rolling, since of falling forward/backward), commonly episodic
a) Vertigo
sense of poor coordination with erect posture or movement, usually continuous
b) Dysequilibrium
implies orthopedic or neuro problem
c) Imbalance
all-encompassing term (ie light-headed, orthostatic, hypoglycemic, inability to concentrate)
d) Dizziness
a) Most common peripheral vertigo
b) Cause: post trauma, post viral infection
c) SSx: recurrent brief positional vertigo, latency, fatigability
d) Dx: Hx, Dix-Hallpike
e) Ppys: canalithiasis
f) Normal Hearing
20) Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
a) Symptoms
i) Fluctuating SNHL
ii) Tinnitus
iii) Episodic Vertigo (min-hr)
iv) Aural fullness
v) 25-30% bilateral
vi) Progressive
vii) Often totally asymptomatic between spells
b) Management
i) R/o stroke and tumor, infection, trauma, hypothyroid
ii) Salt restriction
iii) Evenly spaced meals H2O
iv) Diuretics
v) Steroids
vi) Vestibular suppressants: meclizine, benzos, scopolamine
vii) Allergy Rx
viii) Surgery
21) Meniere’s Disease
a) Viral infection of the vestibular nerve
b) SSx: Vertigo lasts hours to days, No Hearing Loss
c) Prodromal viral URI
d) May last weeks to months
e) Rx: Meclizine, benzos, antiemetics
22) Vestibular Neuronitis
a) SSx: Sudden hearing loss and vertigo, tinnitis
b) Infection spreads from middle ear thru round window or oval window
c) Dx: H & P, audiogram (SNHL)
d) Rx: IV antibiotics, vestibular suppressants, surgical management of middle ear infection, steroids
23) Labyrinthitis Viral or Bacterial
a) Birth Trauma
b) Mobious Syndrome
c) Herpes Infection
d) Tumors
e) Stroke
f) Iatrogenic Injury
g) Neurologic Disease: Guillain-Barre, Myesthenia Gravis
24) Facial Nerve Paralysis
no external ear development
i) 10% are Syndromic
ii) 30% are bilateral
iii) Associated with ear canal atresia and middle ear abnormalities
iv) Reconstruction or prosthesis
v) Bone Anchored Hearing Aid
a) Anotia
i) Ear is slightly smaller than normal
ii) Conchal bowl is cupped
iii) All subunits are present
iv) Surgery usually not needed
b) Microtia Grade I
i) Auricle is half sized
ii) All structures are present
iii) Soft tissues are deficient
iv) Surgery is sometimes beneficial
c) Microtia Grade II
i) Small cartilage piece in superior remnant
ii) Anterior deflected lobule
iii) Surgical repair at age 5-6 years old
iv) Prostheses look pretty good
d) Microtia Grade III
i) Most common external anomaly
ii) Absence of the antihelical fold
iii) Common in certain Royal lineages
iv) Causes grade school ridicule and low self esteem
v) Surgery offered
e) Lop Ear