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Failure of canalization
Associated w/ microtia & ME anomalies
-More common in males
congenital aural atresia
what is seen in herpes zoster oticus
aka ramsay hunt syndrome / shingles
painful rash in ear canal, concha or below/behind auricle
HL & vertigo w/ CN VIII n involvement
what is seen in cerumen impaction
-Tymps →volume < .2 = complete obstruction & flat tymp
→volume >.2 = hole somewhere and might get pure tones
-Pure tones→mild CHL (up to 30dB)
-Otalgia
-Vertigo/Dizziness
-Coughing→arnold’s reflex (branch of CN X in EAC)
what is seen in otitis externa
Severe pain →swelling due to edema that causes the pain
-CHL
-Whitish, watery otorrhea
-Acute swelling that can close canal
acute: bacterial, swimmers ear, pain
chronic: seborrheic dermatitis, itchy, watery, swelling causing stenosis
what is seen in collapsing canals
Normal tymps
-CHL present @ or worse in HF w/ supras
-Thresholds become better w/ inserts or soundfield
Problem for younger children→ cartilage is not fully developed
-Older adults → cartilage is deteriorating
what is seen in otomycosis
-HL or a wet feeling
-Blue-black, green, yellow or white colored
-Debris visible
what is seen in necrotizing external otitis
-Immunocompromised PT w/ ear pain
what is seen in exostosis
Pain/discomfort
-Tinnitus
-Associated OE
-If large enough, can cause CHL
Bony growth that starts unilateral but ends usually bilaterally
irregular and multiple
what is seen in osteomasas
same as exostosis
smooth and regular
what is seen in osteoradionecrosis (ORN)
-Ear fullness
-Otalgia
-Foul odor
-CHL/SNHL
-Bloody otorrhea
-Tinnitus
-Microscopy→debris & granulation tissue, yellowish colored bone
what can be seen in otitis media
-Otoscopy →pneumatic otoscopy*, discolered ™, partial/complete bulging or retracted, perf, discharge, fluid lines/bubbles
-Immittance→ flat type b w/ HV = perf, flat type b NV = effusion, negative type c pressure = ET dysfunction
-ARTs→ abn/abs, unilateral OM = only ispi of unaffected present, bilateral oM = ipsi & contra bilaterally abn/abs
-Pure tones→WNL, CHL, mixed, SNHL, can fluctuate, could have ABG
-Speech→ normal supra threshold test, srt/pta in agreement
what can be seen in cholesteatomas
-Presents w/ HL first
-Otoscopy→ normal or perf present
-Tymps→any type depending on size, location & what is damaged
No damage to ™ or ossicles = normal
ME stiffness = As
Ossicular disarticulation=Ad
™ perf/ME full = B w/ LV
™ perf/ME not full = B w/ HV
-Audio→ depends based on where it is & stage it is picked up (norma→ just perf no ODl, CHL→ ossicular disartic, mixed
can recur even after surgery
what can be seen in OTSC
Otoscopy→normal or schwarze sign (reddish glow)
Tymps→type A or AS, only ME condition w/ normal tymps
-ARTs→ abn in most due to reduced mobility of stapes
-Audio→early =normal/mild CHL w/ rising, middle =CHL/Mixed w/ rising or flat, late=flattening of rising CHL/Mixed
(CHL doesn’t exceed 60-65 dB
Max CHL)
BC→Carhart’s notch (poor @ 2 by 15-20dB & narrows ABG), also associated w/
D/D for OTSC
Meniere’s (vertigo, tinnitus, LF SNHL)
Osteogenesis imperfecta (blue sclera, noise notch, fragile bones, collagen gene)
SSCD (3rd window, LF CHL but ARTs normal)
Normal ARTs with CHL
SSCD not OTSC
What is seen in ossicular disarticulation
-Otoscopy→perf, bleeding, rarely normal canal or ™, ME filled w/ blood or CSF
-Immittance→ Ad, ARTs abn
-pure tones→acute/delayed CHL or mixed
-Vestib→ BPPV, perilymphatic fistula/leak
Ice cream cone sign is abnormal on CT
what are s/s of paragangliomas
-Otoscopy→red mass in ME
-Immittance→ As or B & pulsating w/ jagged edges
-Audio→CHL & sometimes mixed
what is a type a tymp
normal
intact tm
normal ME fxnw
what is a type Ad and when is it seen
high admittance
compliant system
ossicular disarticulation or loss of elastic fibers in TM
what is type As tymp and when would you see it
reduced admittance
stiff system from thick (scarred) tm or OTSC
what is type b tymp and when would you see it
reduced admittance/flat
ME fluid (OM)
TM perf
debris in EAC
when would you see type c tymp and what is it
intact TM w/ negative ME pressure
ETD
ME fluid
type b high volume
perf or pe tube
in type b tymp will you see any other parameters?
no because ™ is not moving in order to measure them
all you see is volume
type b low volume
obstruction - cerumen, debris, cholesteatoma
type b normal volume
fluid behind ear, cholesteatoma - something not allowing movement of ™ but volume is good
what if there is abn gradient/width
cannot include as jerger type
sensory portion of ART
afferent
VIII CN
interneurons of ARTs
ventral cochlear nucleus & SOC
motor portion of ART
efferent
CN VII
Acoustic reflexes are elicited between about
60 to 90 dB SL
what is SL in ARTs
is referenced to threshold level
if 1000 Hz is 30 dB you can elicit a reflex 60-90 above this and result is dB HL
Normal ARTs occur between ~ ______for pure tones
85 to 100 dB HL
Reflexes are above the level of cognitive control; they are involuntary/automatic
false
below
If the ART is measured on the same side to which a loud sound is presented, then it is
ipsi art
If the ART is measured on the opposite side to that to which the loud sound is presented, then it is
contra art
If tone is presented on the probe side, then it is
ispi
If tone is presented on the earphone side
contra
A normal ear should yield present ARTs from 500 to 2000 Hz at normal levels
4000 Hz, & occasionally 2000 Hz can normally be absent in older ears
true
how will a ME pathology affect art
even with 15 dB ABG can decrease intensity of signal going in
ART is abn/abs on same side and opposite equal to amount of ABG
a right-sided ME pathology will have
abnormal right ipsilateral and contralateral as well as left contralateral ARTs
what will bilateral ME pathology show in ARTs
all four ART patterns are abn
For a right cochlear pathology ARTs will show what
pattern of elevated/absent responses on the right side (both ipsilateral and contralateral) and present/normal responses on the left side (both ipsilateral and contralateral)
The signal will affect the ARTs once the cochlear hearing loss shows AC thresholds >
50 to 60 dB HL
ARTs occur for cochlear loss
at lower SLs (30 to 40 dB SL)
probably due to recruitment, a hallmark of cochlear impairment
R Cochlear path
AC thresholds below 50 to 60 dB HL; reflexes at lower SLs
all normal