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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. xray is good for visualizing...
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
85+ db
Noise exposure hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

2. A sinus CT should be...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Perforation or fluid
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

3. profound hearing loss
85+ db
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Perforation or fluid
Eustachian tube destruction

4. ascending audiogram indicates...
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Neurological hearing
Normal

5. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Noise exposure hearing loss
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Systemic disease
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

6. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

7. MRIs are good for...
Mixed hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
0-25 db
Systemic disease

8. notched audiogram indicates...
Frontal sinuses
Doesn't require anesthesia
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Noise exposure hearing loss

9. caldwell view
Eustachian tube destruction
Frontal sinuses
Normal
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

10. vocal cords are attached

11. Reinke's edema
Sensorineural hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

12. vocal cord nodules
Normal
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
85+ db
Maxillary sinuses

13. type c tympanogram
Eustachian tube destruction
Doesn't require anesthesia
Frontal sinuses
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

14. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses
One sided
Systemic disease

15. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Sensorineural hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

16. type b tympanogram
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Obstruction or stenosis
Perforation or fluid
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

17. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Systemic disease

18. conductive hearing loss has
One sided
Systemic disease
>88%
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

19. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Mixed hearing loss
Perforation or fluid
Otosclerosis
Doesn't allow for biopsy

20. flat audiogram indicates...
Systemic disease
Mixed hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

21. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Mixed hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss

22. type A tympanogram
Normal
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Noise exposure hearing loss

23. bone conduction is...
Neurological hearing
Perforation or fluid
Perforation
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

24. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Noise exposure hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy
85+ db
Obstruction or stenosis

25. 120 db

26. waters view
Maxillary sinuses
Declining cochlear function
Normal
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

27. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Breathe - speak
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Sensorineural hearing loss

28. meniere's is...
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Perforation
Perforation or fluid
One sided

29. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
85+ db
Perforation or fluid

30. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
85+ db
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Perforation

31. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Perforation or fluid

32. Weber test goes toward bad ear
0-25 db
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss

33. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

34. study of choice for the sinuses
Obstruction or stenosis
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
CT
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

35. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Doesn't require anesthesia
Declining cochlear function
Perforation or fluid
Doesn't allow for biopsy

36. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Normal
Breathe - speak
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

37. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Noise exposure hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Declining cochlear function
Breathe - speak

38. normal hearing loss
Noise exposure hearing loss
Systemic disease
0-25 db
Perforation or fluid

39. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Systemic disease
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Sensorineural hearing loss
Indicates conductive hearing loss

40. normal speech discrimination is...
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Obstruction or stenosis
>88%
Normal