Physiological Testing Flashcards

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Physiological Testing …

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  • Does not require a voluntary response from the patient
  • Can help pinpoint the sit of dysfunction (“site of lesion”)
  • Used as cross checkers
  • particularly useful for infants and those with disabilities
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Otoscopy

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  • This is not a physiological test

- visual inspection to verify that the ear canal is not occluded, no tubes, drainage, trauma, infection, etc.

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What are the three main types of Physiological Tests?

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  • Immittance
  • Otoacoustic Emission
  • Auditory Evoked Potentials
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Name the two parts of Immittance Testing:

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  • Tympanogram

- Acoustic Reflexes

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What does Immittance Testing measure and in what units is it measured in?

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  • It measures acoustic immittance vs impedance
  • immittance units in cm3 or mmho
  • daPa/decapascals units of ear canal pressure
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what are the 4 primary components of immittance testing?

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  • transducer
  • air pump
  • manometer
  • microphone
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Tympanometry … main points

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  • the first part of immittance testing
  • measures the flexibility of the eardrum and how sound bounces back toward microphone as pressure changes (daPa)
  • used to diagnose middle ear pathologies
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A tympanogram creates _____________ with a ______ and mechanically changes the air pressure in the ear canal (_______________). It also creates a tone of ______ Hz

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  • an airtight seal with a probe tip
  • (+200 to -400 daPa compared to atmosphere)
  • 226 Hz
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In infants younger than 12 months of age, we use _______ Hz tone due to the __________________.

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  • 1000 Hz

- smaller diameter of the ear drum

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Peak immittance is at the point of _____________________.

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Maximum Displacement

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Zero on a tympanogram =

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normal

inner and outer pressure are equal

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other info on Tympanograms:

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  • it is rare to see a positive
  • scar tissue can lead to abnormal readings due to lack of flexibility
  • A = normal
  • lower than A is deep
  • Above A is stiff
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If pressure behind the eardrum is very _______ then there is an issue with the Eustachian tube. If it is ______ then there is no movement.

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  • negative

- flat

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Tympanogram reading of A=

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peak compliance between +100 and -100 daPa

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Tympanogram reading of As=

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peak compliance normal but very shallow (less than 0.3 mmho)

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Tympanogram reading of Ad=

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peak compliance normal but very deep (grater than 1.4 mmho)

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Tympanogram reading of C=

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peak compliance is negative pressure (beyond -100 daPa to -400 daPa)

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Tympanogram reading of B=

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Flat tracing with no peak (malfunction, fluid, perforation or tube)

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Ear canal volume

Normative values for ear canal sizes …

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  • less than 0.3 the tip may be against the canal wall
  • greater than 0.2 may be measuring beyond the ear canal
  • 0.4-1.0 normal for kids less than 7 yrs
  • 0.6-1.5 average size for adults
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Acoustic Reflex testing …

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-Needs a normal tympanogram
(tubes or fluid=CNT)
-measure of the acoustic arc including afferent and efferent systems
-used to diagnose retrocochlear pathologies, can suggest pathologies of the VIII nerve or brainstem
-can be measured ipsilateral (afferent) or contralateral (efferent)
-occurs at the peak pressure of the eardrum
-test at 500, 1k, 2k 3k and 4k
-helps predict levels of hearing loss
-modern tech can self determine responses

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Acoustic reflex decay testing

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  • tone continues for ten seconds
  • if reflex decays by %50 or more it is abnormal
  • often used when suspecting a vestibular schwannoma
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Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) …

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  • a test of cochlear function
  • can be spontaneous or evoked
  • low level sounds create a cochlear response that can be recorded in the ear canal
  • separates cochlear from retrocochlear pathologies
  • separates sensory from neural
  • requires a normal conductive system (outer/middle ear)
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Otoacoustic Emissions were discovered by _________ in _______ and was clinically available by the __________.

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  • David Kemp
  • 1978
  • early 90’s
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What are the three kinds of evoked emissions that are used for testing?

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  • Transient Evoked (TEOAE)
  • Distortion Product (DPOAE)
  • Stimulus Frequency (SFOAE)
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Transient Evoked (TEOAE) ...
-uses a broadband click stimulus -pass or fail -typically used as a screener -used in Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (Not present if hearing loss is greater than 30 dBHL) -Does not give frequency specific info -uses computer averaged data collection -has artifact rejection software (Poor seal, crying, talking, moving, equipment noise, nursery, NICU, use of oxygen equipment)
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What can interfere with TEOAE/
-Poor seal, crying, talking, moving, equipment noise, nursery, NICU, use of oxygen equipment
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Distortion Product (DPOAE) ...
- uses 2 frequencies 2(f1-f2) at 2 different intensities (L1 and L2) - measures the distortion product of 2 simultaneous frequencies - L1 and L2 separated by 15 dB SPL (65/50) - frequency specific info - can elicit response in moderate hearing loss or less - Test frequencies 1000-8000Hz - (high frequency equip. used in ototoxicity monitoring) - distortion product is 60 dB SPL less than the two stimulus tones
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Compromised patients of DPOAE?
-cognitive, autism, severe disabilities
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Stimulus Frequency (SFOAE) ...
-clinically, not very useful, not used outside research
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Auditory Evoked Potential Testing ...
- Computerized technology gathers and averages thousands of responses - averages out random info to tease the response (potential) out of the genera muscle/neural activity - uses typical time frames for each potential (referred to as latencies)
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Early potentials in evoked potential testing ...
- IHC (inner hair cell function) and VIII nerve - exogenous: impacted by movement, talking, etc. - not impacted by sedation
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Late potentials in evoked potential testing...
- Central system - endogenous: resistant to movement and noise - impacted by sedation
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Other uses of evoked potential testing:
- estimate hearing loss levels - interoperative monitoring - ANSD diagnostics - site of lesion/retrocochlear diagnosis - CAPD testing
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Stimulus frequencies of evoked potential testing:
-click -500 Hz -1k Hz -4k Hz (all tone bursts)
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Stimulus levels for evoked potential testing and the two main types:
- 90 dB nHL for neural integrity - descending levels of hearing loss evaluation typically beginning at 80dB nHL for threshold detection - Far Field Recordings - Near Field Recordings
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Far Field Recordings:
- electrodes placed on the forehead, top of head and each ear (earlobe or mastoid) - ABR, AMIP, ASSP, LEP
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Near Field Recordings:
- Needle electrode placed through the eardrum/middle ear and placed on the cochlea - called ECochG - Most often used in interoperative monitoring and research
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ABR: Auditory Brainstem Response Screening
- Automated equipment used in Newborn screening test, noted as AABR - tested at 35 dB nHL with click stimulus - pass/fail only - only waves 1 and 5 are visible to Newborns
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ABR diagnostic
- Can test down to 20 dBHL in sound booth - Can perform frequency specific testing - Can use masking
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ABR stimulus rates
- Typically 11-33 / sec | - Slower rate may improve waveform morphology
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ABR data collection
- Sweeps of 2000-4000 | - Higher numbers of sweeps may improve morphology
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ABR normative data
- Correction factors to dBHL - Different for males and females - Newborn data collected separately
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If morphology is poor _____________
suspect retrocochlear
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ABR interpretation of Conductive hearing loss:
-Delayed wave 1, inter peak latencies normal
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ABR interpretation of Sensorineural hearing loss:
- Delayed wave 1, hard to detect this wave | - Interpeak 1-5 latency shortened
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ABR interpretation of Retrocochlear pathology:
- Wave 1 normal latency - Waves 2-5 delayed - Interpeak latencies abnormal
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ABR is a test of ___________
Neural integrity
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What is the full test battery for new borns?
- tympanometry - acoustic reflex testing - OAE - ABR
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Electrocochleography (ECochG) ...
- measures three waves from VIII nerve to the brainstem - AP action potential ABR wave 1 - SP summating potential hair cell activity - uses near field recording - stimulus short tone bursts - may help diagnose m's disease
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Auditory Middle Latency Responses AMLR...
- Far field recordings - Longer time frame (8-50ms) - slow stimulus rate - lower frequency - record at same time as ABR - amplitude increases from infancy to adolescence - Pa is bilateral response with unilateral stimuli
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Auditory Steady rate response ASSR...
-aka steady state evoked potential -1,2024 ms time frame -1 time frame = epoch 16 epochs/16 seconds=1 sweep -p300 most studied -used in CAPD diagnosis -cannot be sedated and not yet in clinical use
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Late evoked potentials...
- Pb (P1) 50-80ms - N1 100-150 ms - P2 150-200 ms - N2 180-250 ms -Used in 5 ms bursts
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Latencies ___________________.
mature over time