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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Systemic disease
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

2. study of choice for the sinuses
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Obstruction or stenosis
CT
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

3. vocal cord nodules
>88%
Otosclerosis
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

4. type b tympanogram
Breathe - speak
Perforation or fluid
Systemic disease
Mixed hearing loss

5. Reinke's edema
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Otosclerosis

6. bone conduction is...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Otosclerosis
Neurological hearing
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

7. The osteomeatal complex is between...
>88%
CT
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction

8. ascending audiogram indicates...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Maxillary sinuses
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Normal

9. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
>88%
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Neurological hearing
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

10. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Doesn't require anesthesia
CT
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Sensorineural hearing loss

11. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
CT
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Mixed hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

12. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Breathe - speak
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Normal

13. vocal cords are attached

14. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

15. caldwell view
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Declining cochlear function
Frontal sinuses

16. meniere's is...
One sided
CT
Otosclerosis
Normal

17. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Doesn't require anesthesia
Declining cochlear function

18. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
One sided
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

19. 120 db

20. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Otosclerosis
Perforation
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

21. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Eustachian tube destruction

22. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Obstruction or stenosis

23. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

24. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
0-25 db
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Sensorineural hearing loss
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

25. MRIs are good for...
Obstruction or stenosis
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

26. normal hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses
Noise exposure hearing loss
0-25 db
Frontal sinuses

27. flat audiogram indicates...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Systemic disease
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

28. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Perforation
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Obstruction or stenosis

29. type c tympanogram
Breathe - speak
Frontal sinuses
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Eustachian tube destruction

30. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

31. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
85+ db

32. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Systemic disease
Doesn't require anesthesia
Otosclerosis

33. notched audiogram indicates...
Noise exposure hearing loss
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Perforation or fluid
Sensorineural hearing loss

34. profound hearing loss
85+ db
Perforation or fluid
Frontal sinuses
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

35. type A tympanogram
Normal
Neurological hearing
85+ db
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

36. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Normal
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Noise exposure hearing loss

37. waters view
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
CT
Maxillary sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

38. normal speech discrimination is...
>88%
Perforation or fluid
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

39. conductive hearing loss has
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Doesn't require anesthesia
Otosclerosis

40. xray is good for visualizing...
0-25 db
CT
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Maxillary and frontal sinuses