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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. bone conduction is...
Obstruction or stenosis
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Neurological hearing

2. xray is good for visualizing...
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
0-25 db
Breathe - speak
One sided

3. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Declining cochlear function
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

4. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Frontal sinuses
Breathe - speak
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
0-25 db

5. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Mixed hearing loss
Breathe - speak
Maxillary sinuses

6. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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7. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

8. meniere's is...
One sided
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Obstruction or stenosis

9. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Doesn't require anesthesia

10. type A tympanogram
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Eustachian tube destruction
Declining cochlear function
Normal

11. waters view
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Maxillary sinuses
Frontal sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

12. caldwell view
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Breathe - speak
Systemic disease
Frontal sinuses

13. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
CT
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

14. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Perforation
85+ db
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Noise exposure hearing loss

15. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Maxillary sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

16. notched audiogram indicates...
Neurological hearing
Noise exposure hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Normal

17. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Eustachian tube destruction
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Sensorineural hearing loss
Mixed hearing loss

18. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia
Obstruction or stenosis

19. normal hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
0-25 db
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Declining cochlear function

20. profound hearing loss
85+ db
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Breathe - speak
Declining cochlear function

21. ascending audiogram indicates...
Obstruction or stenosis
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Otosclerosis
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

22. vocal cords are attached

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23. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Perforation
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

24. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Breathe - speak
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

25. conductive hearing loss has
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Perforation or fluid
Systemic disease
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

26. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Declining cochlear function
Obstruction or stenosis
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

27. study of choice for the sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
CT
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

28. 120 db

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29. MRIs are good for...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Frontal sinuses

30. vocal cord nodules
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
CT
Otosclerosis

31. normal speech discrimination is...
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Perforation
>88%
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

32. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Otosclerosis
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Systemic disease

33. flat audiogram indicates...
Systemic disease
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Maxillary sinuses
85+ db

34. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Otosclerosis
Noise exposure hearing loss

35. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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36. type c tympanogram
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Eustachian tube destruction
Sensorineural hearing loss

37. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
CT
Declining cochlear function

38. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
0-25 db
Doesn't allow for biopsy

39. type b tympanogram
Maxillary sinuses
Perforation or fluid
85+ db
Perforation

40. Reinke's edema
Perforation
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Doesn't allow for biopsy