Unit 13 pt 3

Question 1

Audiologist

Answer 1

One who studies and specializes in hearing

Question 2

Audiology

Answer 2

Study of hearing

Question 3

Aural

Answer 3

Pertaining to the ear

Question 4

Otologist

Answer 4

Physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear

Question 5

Otology

Answer 5

Study of the ear (a branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the ear)

Question 6

Otorhinolaryngologist (ENT)

Answer 6

Physician who studies and treats diseases of the nose, ear, and larynx (throat)(also called otolaryngologist)

Question 7

Acoumeter

Answer 7

Instrument used to measure (acuteness of) hearing

Question 8

Audiogram

Answer 8

(Graphic) record of hearing

Question 9

Audiometer

Answer 9

Instrument used to measure hearing

Question 10

Audiometry

Answer 10

Measurement of hearing

Question 11

Otoscope

Answer 11

Instrument used for visual examination of the ear

Question 12

Otoscopy

Answer 12

Visual examination of the ear

Question 13

Tympanometer

Answer 13

Instrument used to measure middle ear function

Question 14

Tympanometry

Answer 14

Measurement (movement) of tympanic membrane

Question 15

Labyrinthectomy

Answer 15

Excision of the labyrinth

Question 16

Mastoidectomy

Answer 16

Excision of the mastoid bone

Question 17

Mastoidotomy

Answer 17

Incision into the mastoid bone

Question 18

Myringoplasty

Answer 18

Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane

Question 19

Myringotomy

Answer 19

Incision into the tympanic membrane (performed to release pus or fluid and relieve pressure in the middle ear)(also called tympanocentesis)

Question 20

Stapedectomy

Answer 20

Excision of the stapes (performed to restore hearing in cases of osteosclerosis, stapes replaced by prosthesis)

Question 21

Tympanoplasty

Answer 21

Surgical repair of the middle ear