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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. vocal cords are attached

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2. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Perforation
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

3. normal speech discrimination is...
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
CT
>88%

4. A sinus CT should be...
Frontal sinuses
>88%
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

5. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Declining cochlear function
Perforation
0-25 db
Doesn't allow for biopsy

6. 120 db

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7. waters view
Breathe - speak
85+ db
Maxillary sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

8. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Perforation
Sensorineural hearing loss
Normal

9. type b tympanogram
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Systemic disease
Mixed hearing loss
Perforation or fluid

10. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Obstruction or stenosis
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Mixed hearing loss
Indicates conductive hearing loss

11. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Declining cochlear function
0-25 db

12. MRIs are good for...
Doesn't require anesthesia
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Declining cochlear function

13. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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14. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Declining cochlear function
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
CT

15. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
CT
Mixed hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss

16. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Sensorineural hearing loss
>88%
One sided

17. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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18. Reinke's edema
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Declining cochlear function
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Breathe - speak

19. type c tympanogram
>88%
Noise exposure hearing loss
Eustachian tube destruction
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

20. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
CT
Indicates conductive hearing loss
One sided

21. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Systemic disease
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

22. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Otosclerosis
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Neurological hearing

23. ascending audiogram indicates...
Breathe - speak
Neurological hearing
Eustachian tube destruction
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

24. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Breathe - speak
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

25. conductive hearing loss has
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Neurological hearing
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

26. flat audiogram indicates...
Doesn't require anesthesia
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Mixed hearing loss
Systemic disease

27. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Otosclerosis
CT
Obstruction or stenosis

28. vocal cord nodules
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Declining cochlear function
Normal
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

29. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Otosclerosis
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Noise exposure hearing loss

30. type A tympanogram
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Systemic disease
Maxillary sinuses
Normal

31. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Breathe - speak
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

32. normal hearing loss
0-25 db
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Maxillary sinuses
Doesn't allow for biopsy

33. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Frontal sinuses
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

34. profound hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Perforation or fluid
85+ db
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

35. notched audiogram indicates...
Noise exposure hearing loss
Frontal sinuses
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Neurological hearing

36. bone conduction is...
Neurological hearing
Noise exposure hearing loss
Declining cochlear function
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

37. caldwell view
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Frontal sinuses

38. xray is good for visualizing...
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
>88%
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
CT

39. study of choice for the sinuses
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
CT
Otosclerosis

40. meniere's is...
One sided
Indicates conductive hearing loss
>88%
Maxillary sinuses