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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. conductive hearing loss has
Otosclerosis
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Eustachian tube destruction
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

2. normal speech discrimination is...
Breathe - speak
Doesn't require anesthesia
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
>88%

3. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Perforation or fluid
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

4. type b tympanogram
CT
Perforation
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Perforation or fluid

5. ascending audiogram indicates...
Systemic disease
Perforation
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

6. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Perforation
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses

7. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Neurological hearing

8. waters view
Otosclerosis
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Maxillary sinuses
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

9. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Maxillary sinuses
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

10. xray is good for visualizing...
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Noise exposure hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

11. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Frontal sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction
Otosclerosis
One sided

12. study of choice for the sinuses
Noise exposure hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Declining cochlear function
CT

13. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Eustachian tube destruction
85+ db
0-25 db

14. notched audiogram indicates...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Noise exposure hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Systemic disease

15. Reinke's edema
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Mixed hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

16. bone conduction is...
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Mixed hearing loss
Neurological hearing

17. 120 db

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18. The osteomeatal complex is between...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

19. vocal cord nodules
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Breathe - speak
Systemic disease
0-25 db

20. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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21. type A tympanogram
Normal
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

22. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Otosclerosis
Frontal sinuses
Declining cochlear function
Noise exposure hearing loss

23. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
CT
Otosclerosis
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

24. MRIs are good for...
Eustachian tube destruction
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

25. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Neurological hearing
Sensorineural hearing loss
Breathe - speak
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

26. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Neurological hearing
Obstruction or stenosis
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

27. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
0-25 db
Indicates conductive hearing loss

28. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

29. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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30. vocal cords are attached

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31. type c tympanogram
Obstruction or stenosis
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Mixed hearing loss
Eustachian tube destruction

32. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Neurological hearing
Perforation
Doesn't require anesthesia
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

33. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Perforation or fluid
Otosclerosis
CT

34. normal hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Otosclerosis
Perforation or fluid
0-25 db

35. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Breathe - speak
0-25 db

36. flat audiogram indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Eustachian tube destruction
Systemic disease
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

37. meniere's is...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
One sided
Doesn't require anesthesia
Doesn't allow for biopsy

38. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Breathe - speak
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Doesn't require anesthesia

39. profound hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia
85+ db
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

40. caldwell view
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Frontal sinuses
Normal
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)