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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. vocal cords are attached

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2. waters view
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
>88%
Maxillary sinuses
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

3. type b tympanogram
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Normal
Perforation or fluid
Eustachian tube destruction

4. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Systemic disease
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

5. ascending audiogram indicates...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

6. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Maxillary sinuses
Sensorineural hearing loss
Declining cochlear function

7. Reinke's edema
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
CT
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

8. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Declining cochlear function
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

9. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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10. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Sensorineural hearing loss
>88%
Perforation
Normal

11. MRIs are good for...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Obstruction or stenosis
Maxillary sinuses
85+ db

12. normal speech discrimination is...
Frontal sinuses
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
>88%

13. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia
Systemic disease

14. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Neurological hearing
Mixed hearing loss
85+ db
Eustachian tube destruction

15. normal hearing loss
0-25 db
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Perforation or fluid

16. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Noise exposure hearing loss
Eustachian tube destruction
Breathe - speak
Frontal sinuses

17. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Obstruction or stenosis
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Mixed hearing loss
Indicates conductive hearing loss

18. type A tympanogram
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Normal
Eustachian tube destruction
Perforation or fluid

19. caldwell view
Declining cochlear function
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Frontal sinuses
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

20. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Otosclerosis
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Mixed hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

21. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Systemic disease
One sided
Normal
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

22. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Perforation
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Normal

23. study of choice for the sinuses
CT
Mixed hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia
Sensorineural hearing loss

24. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Declining cochlear function
Obstruction or stenosis
One sided
Frontal sinuses

25. flat audiogram indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Systemic disease
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
>88%

26. conductive hearing loss has
Indicates conductive hearing loss
0-25 db
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

27. vocal cord nodules
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Declining cochlear function
Indicates conductive hearing loss
85+ db

28. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Obstruction or stenosis
Perforation

29. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Declining cochlear function
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

30. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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31. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Perforation
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Perforation or fluid

32. 120 db

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33. bone conduction is...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Perforation or fluid
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Neurological hearing

34. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Normal
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Sensorineural hearing loss

35. profound hearing loss
85+ db
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Noise exposure hearing loss

36. meniere's is...
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
One sided
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

37. notched audiogram indicates...
Obstruction or stenosis
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Maxillary sinuses
Noise exposure hearing loss

38. type c tympanogram
Breathe - speak
Perforation
85+ db
Eustachian tube destruction

39. xray is good for visualizing...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Mixed hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

40. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
CT
Mixed hearing loss
Indicates conductive hearing loss