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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. MRIs are good for...
Noise exposure hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

2. xray is good for visualizing...
Systemic disease
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Otosclerosis

3. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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4. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Otosclerosis
0-25 db
CT
Declining cochlear function

5. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Declining cochlear function
Otosclerosis
Mixed hearing loss

6. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Mixed hearing loss
0-25 db

7. type c tympanogram
Eustachian tube destruction
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Frontal sinuses

8. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Mixed hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

9. 120 db

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10. vocal cord nodules
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Mixed hearing loss

11. normal speech discrimination is...
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
>88%

12. normal hearing loss
0-25 db
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
85+ db

13. meniere's is...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
One sided
Perforation
Maxillary sinuses

14. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Breathe - speak
>88%
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Mixed hearing loss

15. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Breathe - speak
85+ db
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

16. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Perforation
Sensorineural hearing loss
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

17. type b tympanogram
Perforation or fluid
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Maxillary sinuses
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

18. vocal cords are attached

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19. caldwell view
Maxillary sinuses
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Frontal sinuses
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

20. ascending audiogram indicates...
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Noise exposure hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Perforation

21. study of choice for the sinuses
CT
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Indicates conductive hearing loss

22. conductive hearing loss has
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Sensorineural hearing loss
Normal

23. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Perforation or fluid
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
85+ db
Sensorineural hearing loss

24. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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25. notched audiogram indicates...
Perforation
Noise exposure hearing loss
One sided
Breathe - speak

26. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Otosclerosis
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Breathe - speak

27. profound hearing loss
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
One sided
85+ db
Breathe - speak

28. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Systemic disease
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
CT
Sensorineural hearing loss

29. waters view
Perforation
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Maxillary sinuses
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

30. flat audiogram indicates...
Declining cochlear function
Systemic disease
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
CT

31. bone conduction is...
Neurological hearing
Sensorineural hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

32. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Obstruction or stenosis
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
0-25 db
Neurological hearing

33. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
>88%
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
85+ db
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

34. A sinus CT should be...
85+ db
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Breathe - speak
Neurological hearing

35. Reinke's edema
One sided
Doesn't require anesthesia
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

36. Weber test goes toward bad ear
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Indicates conductive hearing loss

37. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Mixed hearing loss
Obstruction or stenosis

38. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Eustachian tube destruction
Noise exposure hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses

39. Weber test goes away from bad ear
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
CT
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

40. type A tympanogram
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Normal
Perforation or fluid