Examining the ears

Question 1

What are the parts of the inner ear? What are the main features of each?

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External: Pinna to the tympanic
Middle: Tympanic and auditory bones
Inner ear: Cochlea, nerves and semicircular canals

Question 2

Why is the auditory system important to optometry?

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Question 3

Why are ear infections more common in kids than adults

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Question 4

What are the parts of the external ear?

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Question 5

What are the parts of the pinna?

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Question 6

Where does the external auditory canal end?

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Question 7

What is the shape of the external auditory canal? What would you need to do to straighten it?

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Question 8

How long is the external auditory canal?

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Question 9

Why do you have to be careful when working in the external auditory canal?

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Question 10

What is the external auditory canal innervated by?

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Question 11

What gives the external auditory canal its structure?

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Question 12

Describe the middle ear. Where is it, what parts make it up, what kind of space it is

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Question 13

What makes up the inner ear?

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Question 14

What are the types of hearing loss?

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Question 15

What is conductive hearing loss caused by? What is the most common cause?

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Question 16

What are causes of sensorineural hearing loss?

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Question 17

What is otalgia? What causes otalgia? What is the most common cause?

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Question 18

What is otorrhea and what causes it?

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Question 19

What are causes of tinnitus?

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Question 20

What are appropriate procedures to use when examining the ear?

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Question 21

What pathology is commonly found on the back of the ears and why?

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Question 22

How would you check auditory acuity

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Question 23

Why is otoscopy better than just looking straight into the ear? Which otoscope head should you use?

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Question 24

What’s the procedure for using the otoscope

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Question 25

How do you evaluate the ear canal?

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Question 26

How do you evaluate the tympanic membrane? What should you see?

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Question 27

What are some common diseases of the ear?

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Question 28

What are the symptoms of otitis externa? What problems can it cause?

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Question 29

What are the symptoms of acute otitis media? What is it associated with? What eye sign might you see?

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Question 30

What is otitis media with effusion and who does it affect more? What would someone with otitis media with effusion hear?

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Question 31

What drug would you use for otitis media with effusion?

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Question 32

What tests would you use to evaluate inner ear function?

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Question 33

What is the COWS test?

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Question 34

How would you perform the romberg test? What does a negative test indicate?

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