Week 5 Chapter 39 Flashcards
Ability to focus with both eyes simultaneously
Binocular Vision
Binocular vision by the age of ____ and ___
3-7 months
Visual acuity is completed by what age?
5 years of age
Newborn eye vision is
20/400
Eyeball occupies larger space in orbit and makes it more…
Susceptible to injury
Hearing is intact in birth
True
Short, wide, and horizontally placed eustachian tubes in young children and increase risk of middle ear infections
Factors associated with disorders of the eyes and ears of children
Congenital Disorders
- Cataracts and infantile glaucoma
- Prematurity
Genetic Disorders
Family History
Common Labs and Diagnostics Tests for Eye/ Ear disorders
Inspection and observation
Visual Acuity Test
Audiometry
Tympanometry
Inspection of tympanic membrane with otoscope
Tympanic FLuid Culture
Inspections in eyes looking for?
Eyes, eyeglasses, strabismus, nystagmus, squinting, edema, discharge and size/ shape of pupils
Inspection of ears looking for…
Hearing aids, size and shape of ears, position, skin tags, dimples, palpate for pain, enlarged cervical nodes.
Testing Eyes performed During Physical Examination
Extraocular movements
Pupillary light response and accommodation
Symmetry of corneal light reflex
Presence of red reflex with an ophthalmoscope
Age approximate visual acuity test
Tumbling E and picture chart appropriate for preschool age children who do not know the alphabet
True
May be transient or permanent
unilateral or bilateral
Hearing acuity or loss
Language development is dependent on ability to hear
Transmission of sound through middle of ear is disrupted
Conductive
Damage to the hair cells in the cochlea or long the auditory pathway
Sensorineural
Attributed to both the conductive and sensorineural problem
Mixed
Tests of ears performed during physical examination
Audiometry
Tympanometry
Whisper Test
Weber and Rinne Tests Culture of tympanic discharge
Hearing test
Audiometry
Measures tympanic membrane mobility and determines middle of ear pressure
Tympanometry
4 years or older
One ear occluded stand behind child and whisper
Whisper Test
6 years or older and uses tuning fork
Weber and Rinne tests
Vibrating tuning to the middle of top of head. Should be equally heard
Weber
Vibrating tuning fork on mastoid process, child signals when sound is gone
Rinne
Then vibrating tuning fork outside of ear to test air conduction, child signals when gone