Final Flashcards
Negative emotions triggered by specific sounds
Misophonia
Collapse of loudness tolerance with or without accompanying hearing loss
Hyperacusis
For an adult you start with what frequency and intensity for audiological testing?
Frequency: 1000 Hz
Intensity: 30 dBHL
if there is a response in the first tone presented what level do you test the test tone?
drop 10 dBHL
If there is no response to the initial 30 dBHL presentation, what level do you test next?
50 dBHL
How do you find the threshold in audiology testing?
Lowest level a patient responds correctly to 2 ascending tones
What are the frequencies for AC testing?
1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000, 500, 250 Hz for adults
What are the frequencies for BC testing?
1000, 2000, 4000, 500 Hz for adults
What frequencies are extra if there is more than 10 dBHL difference?
750 and 1500 Hz
How do you find the PTA?
(500 + 1000 + 2000 Hz)/3
What test uses spondees (two-syllable words)?
SRT
What test uses PB word lists (i.e., phonetically balanced monosyllabic words)?
WRA
What level do you test WRA?
Normal hearing +30 from SRT
Hearing loss +40 from SRT
What level do you screen hearing for children?
20 dBHL
What level do you screen hearing for adults?
25 dBHL
What frequencies do you screen during a hearing screening?
1000, 2000, 4000 Hz
What does BOA standfor?
Behavioral observation audiometry (watching baby respond to sounds)
What does VRA stand for?
Visual reinforcement audiometry
What is the frequency order for testing pediatrics in the sound booth?
2000, 500, 1000, 4000 Hz
What is the stimulus for SAT?
cold running speech
What is the carrier phrase for the WRA/NuChips?
Say the word…
WIPI/NuChips are picture cards used for what assessment?
WRA
What type of Tymp?
Normal ME function, no fluid, no perf, no tube
Type A
What type of Tymp?
TM compliant but pressure in ear canal is negative
Type C
What type of Tymp?
High amplitude, hyperflaccid
Type Ad
What type of Tymp?
No movement of eardrum
Type B
What type of Tymp?
Stiff/shallow peak
Type As
What type of Tymp would you expect with a patent PE tube?
Type B w/ large ECV
What type of Tymp would you expect with disarticulated ossicles?
Type Ad
What type of Tymp would you expect with otosclerosis?
Type As
What type of Tymp would you expect with a perforation in the eardrum?
Type B w/ large ECV
What type of Tymp would you expect with a middle ear infection?
Type B w/ normal ECV
What type of Tymp would you expect with eustachian tube dysfunction?
Type C
When did newborn hearing screenings become mandated?
1999
Fungal ear infection
Otomycosis
Birth defect where external ear is small or abnormally formed?
Microtia
No external ear
Anotia
Extreme narrowing of the ear canal
Stenosis
No ear canal
Atresia
Mucous otitis media, thick
glue ear
pseudo tumor made of squamous cells, skin from external ear canal
chollesteatoma
infected mastoid
mastoiditis
spongy bony growth on footplate of stapes
otosclerosis
fix with spadectomy or stapedotomy
scarring of the tympanic membrane
tympanosclerosis
disease from cat litter mishandling or contaminated meat
toxoplasmosis
virus that can cause sensorineural loss at birth or progressive loss
cytomegalovirus
baby is Rh positive, mom is Rh negative
Causes damage to RBC and cannot carry O2
Rh incompatibility
German measles
rubella
oxygen deprivation
anoxia
main development of cochlea occurs at what week gestation?
6 weeks
main development of organ of corti occurs at what week gestation?
12 weeks
what can cause sudden idiopathic hearing loss?
Virus, tumor, immune disease
have 72 hours of onset to fix
over secretion or under absorption of endolymph in scala media and semicircular canals
Sx: fullness in one ear, vertigo, roaring tinnitus
Meniere’s disease
hearing loss due to age
presbycusis
what range is most susceptible to noise exposure?
3-6 kHz range
syndrome where patients have hearing loss and kidney dysfunction
alport syndrome
syndrome with visible attributes such as white forelock, wide eyes, bright blue eyes or different color eyes
Waardenburg syndrome
syndrome where patients have hearing loss and thyroid dysfunction, they often have enlarged vestibular aqueducts too
Pendred syndrome
syndrome where patients have hearing and vision loss
Usher syndrome
syndrome where patients have tags/pits in front of their pinnas, hearing loss, and kidney dysfunction
BOR (brachio oto renal syndrome)
