Hearing Loss (1)

Question 1

What are the types of it?

What do pts often complain of?

What other symptoms may it be associated with?

Answer 1

➊ Sensorineural, Conductive, or Mixed

➋ Not paying attention or missing details of a conversation

➌ Tinnitus, Vertigo, Pain, Discharge, or Neurological symptoms

Question 2

Investigations:
Rinne’s and Weber’s Tests. What will be the results in a Conductive and Sensorineural HL?

What type of test is Audiometry? How does it work?

What are the objective tests?

Answer 2

➊ • Conductive - Rinne’s B>R. Weber’s will lateralise to the affected ear.
• Sensorineural - Rinne’s A>B. Weber’s will lateralise to the normal ear.

➋ Subjective test - Measures quietest sounds a person can hear at different frequencies in each ear

➌ • Otoacoustic emissions (OAE) – Test of outer hair cell cochlear function
• Auditory Brain-stem evoked responses (ABR) – Test of auditory nerve function