Hearing Loss

Question 1

what is the weber test

Answer 1

tuning fork on middle of skull and ask if sides are same or one side louder than other

Question 2

if weber test lateralizes what are the two possible causes?

Answer 2

conduction hearing loss in side that it lateralizes to or sensorineural in side not lateralizing to

Question 3

what is rinne test?

Answer 3

put tuning fork on mastoid and in front of ear

Question 4

what is normal result of rinne test?

Answer 4

should be louder when placed around the ear

Question 5

what is rinne result with conduction hearing loss?

Answer 5

bone conduction is greater than air conduction

Question 6

what is hearing loss with age called/

Answer 6

presbycusis

Question 7

is presbycusis sensorineural or conduction loss?

Answer 7

sensorineural

Question 8

is presbycusis loss of high pitch or low pitch sounds?

Answer 8

high pitch

Question 9

conductive HL on audiometry shows what change?

Answer 9

bone has higher line than the ear

Question 10

sensorineural HL on audiometry shows what change?

Answer 10

bone and ear of affected side will be lower than other ear

Question 11

what is otosclerosis?

Answer 11

when stapes gets sclerotic and stuck in place at the oval window

Question 12

what type of hearing loss is otosclerosis?

Answer 12

conductive

Question 13

when may otosclerosis speed up?

Answer 13

pregnancy

Question 14

what is Rx for otosclerosis?

Answer 14

stapedectomy

Question 15

what is a common infectious cause of conductive hearing loss?

Answer 15

otitis media

Question 16

what is CSOM?

Answer 16

chronic supporative otitis media

Question 17

what is often the cause of CSOM if you dont have cholesteatoma with it?

Answer 17

perforated tympanic membrane

Question 18

what happens with perforated tympanic membrane?

Answer 18

chronic purulent otorrhea

Question 19

what is cholesteatoma?

Answer 19

accumulation of keratin an debris from skin cyst in the middle ear

Question 20

what does cholesteatoma present with?

Answer 20

painless otorrhea

Question 21

what is hearing loss type in cholesteatoma?

Answer 21

conductive loss

Question 22

what is often the cause of sudden sensorineural HL?

Answer 22

viral pathogen

Question 23

if sudden sensorineural loss isnt a virus, what might it be?

Answer 23

vascular occlusion or vestibular schwannoma

Question 24

what is a common protein lost in hereditary sensorineural loss?

Answer 24

connexin 26

Question 25

what is noise induced sensorineural HL a problem with?

Answer 25

mainly early hair cells in cochlea…so high pitches lost