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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Otosclerosis
85+ db
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss

2. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Noise exposure hearing loss
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Obstruction or stenosis

3. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Neurological hearing
Obstruction or stenosis
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

4. normal hearing loss
Frontal sinuses
Obstruction or stenosis
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
0-25 db

5. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Noise exposure hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

6. type A tympanogram
Normal
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
One sided

7. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Otosclerosis
Mixed hearing loss

8. xray is good for visualizing...
>88%
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

9. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Declining cochlear function
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

10. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

11. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Breathe - speak
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Noise exposure hearing loss
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

12. vocal cord nodules
One sided
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Otosclerosis
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

13. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

14. Reinke's edema
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
>88%
Maxillary sinuses

15. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Doesn't require anesthesia
Sensorineural hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

16. bone conduction is...
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Neurological hearing
Doesn't require anesthesia
Normal

17. vocal cords are attached

18. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

19. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

20. study of choice for the sinuses
Noise exposure hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
CT
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

21. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Doesn't require anesthesia
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

22. flat audiogram indicates...
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Systemic disease
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

23. type c tympanogram
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Otosclerosis
Eustachian tube destruction
Obstruction or stenosis

24. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Sensorineural hearing loss
Neurological hearing
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

25. notched audiogram indicates...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Mixed hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Noise exposure hearing loss

26. normal speech discrimination is...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
>88%
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

27. The osteomeatal complex is between...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Normal
Sensorineural hearing loss

28. MRIs are good for...
Frontal sinuses
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Perforation or fluid
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

29. waters view
Maxillary sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
85+ db
Frontal sinuses

30. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Perforation
Normal
Frontal sinuses
Mixed hearing loss

31. ascending audiogram indicates...
0-25 db
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
One sided

32. type b tympanogram
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Perforation or fluid
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Declining cochlear function

33. meniere's is...
One sided
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Normal
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

34. 120 db

35. conductive hearing loss has
>88%
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Eustachian tube destruction
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

36. profound hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Declining cochlear function
85+ db

37. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Breathe - speak
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Mixed hearing loss

38. caldwell view
0-25 db
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Frontal sinuses
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

39. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Perforation or fluid
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

40. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Maxillary sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Neurological hearing