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Terminology Flashcards

1
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Nystagmus

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Rapid eye movement

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Helicotrema

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The apex of the cochlea

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Stria vascularis

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Produces the endolymph and supplies oxygen and other nutrients to the cochlea

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4
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Stereo-cilia

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Hair-like projections on top of each hair cell

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Neuron

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Specialized cell designed as a conductor of nerves impulses and is comprised of a cell body, axon, and dendrites

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Dendrites

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Receive nerve impulses from other nerve cells

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Axon

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Transmits impulses along the neuron

-where electrical power of the neuron is derived from

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Afferent neuron

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Carry impulses from cochlea to central auditory nervous system and their cell bodies

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Efferent axons

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Receive impulse from the brain stem and contract the hair cells both directly and indirectly

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All-or-none principle

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A neuron always responds with its max charge, regardless of the stimulus intensity

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Synapse

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Connection between neurons

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Neurotransmission

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Act of conveying information between neurons

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical substances that cause activation or inhibitions of adjacent neurons are released to these junctions

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14
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Autosomal dominant

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Only one gene is required for the trait to be shown

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Autosomal recessive

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Genes from both parents are required for the trait to show

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16
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Osseocartilaginous junction

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Where the two portions of the EAC meet

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17
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Tempromandibular joint(TMJ) syndrome

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When the mandible overrides its normal position causing the condyle to press into the junction, causing pain

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18
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Otalgia

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Pain of the ear

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Myofacial pain dysfunction(MPD)

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Describes pain in the TMJ along with headaches, dizziness, back and neck pain

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20
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Microtia

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Deformity of the pinna is underdeveloped

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21
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Atresia

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Passage is the body(EAM) is abnormally closed

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22
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Anotia

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A sense of the ear

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23
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Central pathway relay station

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Cochlear nucleus

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24
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Muscle of the middle ear

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Tensor tympani

Stapedius muscle

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25
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Treatment to improve communication

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Oral rehabilitation

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26
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Perceptions of sound in the ear

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Tinnitus

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27
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Sound evoked dizziness

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Superior canal deficit

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28
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Non ear specific behavioral test

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Sound Field

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29
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Vestibular pathology managed with positional exercise

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BPPV

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30
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Test to assess retro cochlear pathology

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Acoustic decay

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31
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Difference between threshold and loudness

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Comfort levels/ dynamic range

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32
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Lowest level a person can detect speech

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Speech Awareness threshold (SAT)

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33
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Lowest level speech can be understood

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Speech reception threshold (SRT)

34
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Sensitivity to loud sounds

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Recruitment

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Abnormal wave in the ABR

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Cochlear micophonic

36
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Test for vestibular unilateral weakness

37
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Prevention of crossover

38
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Causes deficits in hearing and vision

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Usher syndrome

39
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Growth in the inner ear

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Vestibular shwanoma

40
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Causes neural di- synchrony

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Auditory neuropathy

41
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Carries info from the cochlea to the brain

42
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Age related hearing loss

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Presbycusis

43
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Test of stapedious responses

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Acoustic reflex

44
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Test of outer hair cell function

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Otoacoustic emissions

45
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Test of tympanic compliance

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Tympanomatry

46
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Foul smelling odor of discharge of the ear

47
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Otolis at hearing to the semicircular canals

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Cupliathiasis

48
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Inflammation of the auditory nerve

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Acoustic neuritis

49
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Management for retrocochlear pathology

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Gamma knife

50
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Area of auditory reception in the brain

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Hechl’s gyrus

51
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Vestibular impute from limbs or extremities to the brain

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somatosensorary system

52
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Free floating otolis

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Canalithiasis

53
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Test to assess for BPPV

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Six Hallpike Maneuver

54
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Calcium crystals within the utricle

55
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Test of CN 8

56
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Test for bilateral vestibular weakness

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Rotary chair

57
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Responsive to rotational movement

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Crista ampullaris

58
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Immediate entry way of the middle ear

59
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A sensation of spinning

60
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Responsive to angular acceleration

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Semi circular canals

61
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Responsive to linear acceleration

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Saccule and utricle

62
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Assesses for superior canal dehiscence

63
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Treatment for BPPV

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Epley Maneuver

64
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Assesses vision, inner ear, and somatosensory system

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Posturography

65
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Assesses semi circular canals through rapid head movements

66
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Scarring of the TM

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Tympanosclsrosis

67
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Treatment for perforated TM

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Myringoplasty/ tympanoplasty

68
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Management for otitis media

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Tympanoplasty tube/ pressure equalization tube

69
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Insistion made to place tube

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Myringotamy

70
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Entire hearing loss as presented be patient contains no organic explaination

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Non organic hearing loss

71
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False hearing and implies that there is no underlying pathology

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Pseudohypacusis

72
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Some kind of function or malfunction

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Functional hearing loss

73
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Fabricated or exaggerated problem of an unconscious origin

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Psychogenic hearing loss

74
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Underlying presses is one of psychological stressor being converted into physical symptomes

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Conversion disorder

75
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Person who deliberately pretends to have a disorder that they do not have

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Factitious disorder

76
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Ideal for examining difficult patients to obtain behavioral thresholds

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Auditory Evoked Potential (AEP)

77
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A form of management options for hearing loss

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Audiological rehabilitation

78
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Abnormality that is psychologically, phycological or anatomical

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Hearing impairments

79
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An individuals inability to perform biologically and socially useful functions

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Hearing disability

80
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Ways in which individuals are disadvantaged in fulfilling their desired roles (self assessment scales)

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Hearing handicap

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