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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Mixed hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Doesn't require anesthesia
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

2. profound hearing loss
85+ db
Obstruction or stenosis
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Frontal sinuses

3. waters view
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Noise exposure hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction

4. notched audiogram indicates...
Noise exposure hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Breathe - speak
Sensorineural hearing loss

5. 120 db

6. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

7. caldwell view
Frontal sinuses
Systemic disease
Eustachian tube destruction
Perforation

8. type c tympanogram
Eustachian tube destruction
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy

9. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Obstruction or stenosis
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Breathe - speak

10. bone conduction is...
Sensorineural hearing loss
0-25 db
Neurological hearing
One sided

11. ascending audiogram indicates...
Frontal sinuses
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Maxillary sinuses

12. flat audiogram indicates...
85+ db
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
0-25 db
Systemic disease

13. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Mixed hearing loss
Declining cochlear function
Frontal sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

14. Reinke's edema
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction
CT

15. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Perforation
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Mixed hearing loss

16. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Sensorineural hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

17. study of choice for the sinuses
CT
Mixed hearing loss
Perforation or fluid
Normal

18. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Noise exposure hearing loss
Neurological hearing
Obstruction or stenosis

19. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

20. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Otosclerosis
>88%
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

21. A sinus CT should be...
0-25 db
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Doesn't require anesthesia

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

23. xray is good for visualizing...
0-25 db
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

24. type b tympanogram
One sided
Perforation or fluid
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Maxillary sinuses

25. meniere's is...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
CT
Obstruction or stenosis
One sided

26. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
85+ db
Sensorineural hearing loss
0-25 db
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

27. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Indicates conductive hearing loss

28. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Breathe - speak
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
>88%
Perforation or fluid

29. type A tympanogram
Normal
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
>88%

30. vocal cords are attached

31. MRIs are good for...
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Breathe - speak
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

32. vocal cord nodules
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Eustachian tube destruction

33. normal speech discrimination is...
Normal
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Systemic disease
>88%

34. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Obstruction or stenosis
Maxillary sinuses
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Mixed hearing loss

35. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Breathe - speak
Perforation
Sensorineural hearing loss

36. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Sensorineural hearing loss
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

37. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Sensorineural hearing loss
85+ db
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

38. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
0-25 db
Perforation or fluid
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

39. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Maxillary sinuses

40. conductive hearing loss has
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Indicates conductive hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)