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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. bone conduction is...
Declining cochlear function
Neurological hearing
Systemic disease
One sided

2. type c tympanogram
Mixed hearing loss
Eustachian tube destruction
>88%
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

3. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Perforation or fluid
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

4. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Declining cochlear function
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Neurological hearing

5. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Noise exposure hearing loss
Systemic disease
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Sensorineural hearing loss

6. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Perforation
One sided
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

7. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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8. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Sensorineural hearing loss
Indicates conductive hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Doesn't require anesthesia

9. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
>88%
Obstruction or stenosis
Breathe - speak
Mixed hearing loss

10. normal hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
0-25 db
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

11. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Doesn't require anesthesia
CT
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

12. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Perforation
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Eustachian tube destruction
>88%

13. vocal cord nodules
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Eustachian tube destruction
Noise exposure hearing loss

14. vocal cords are attached

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15. conductive hearing loss has
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Perforation
Mixed hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

16. ascending audiogram indicates...
Sensorineural hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
One sided

17. xray is good for visualizing...
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Systemic disease
Maxillary sinuses
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

18. Reinke's edema
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
One sided
Frontal sinuses

19. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Sensorineural hearing loss
Neurological hearing
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy

20. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Otosclerosis
Obstruction or stenosis
>88%
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

21. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Neurological hearing
One sided
Breathe - speak
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

22. study of choice for the sinuses
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
CT
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

23. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Eustachian tube destruction

24. profound hearing loss
Perforation
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
85+ db
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

25. waters view
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Maxillary sinuses
Breathe - speak
Doesn't require anesthesia

26. notched audiogram indicates...
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Doesn't require anesthesia
Noise exposure hearing loss

27. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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28. caldwell view
Frontal sinuses
Maxillary sinuses
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction

29. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Otosclerosis
Mixed hearing loss
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

30. flat audiogram indicates...
Systemic disease
Normal
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Declining cochlear function

31. normal speech discrimination is...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Normal
>88%
Doesn't allow for biopsy

32. MRIs are good for...
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

33. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Breathe - speak
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

34. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Systemic disease
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

35. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Declining cochlear function
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Otosclerosis

36. type A tympanogram
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Perforation or fluid
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Normal

37. A sinus CT should be...
Maxillary sinuses
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Otosclerosis

38. type b tympanogram
Perforation or fluid
Doesn't require anesthesia
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

39. meniere's is...
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
One sided
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Neurological hearing

40. 120 db

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