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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. type c tympanogram
Declining cochlear function
Eustachian tube destruction
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

2. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Obstruction or stenosis
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

3. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

4. conductive hearing loss has
Otosclerosis
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Normal

5. flat audiogram indicates...
Eustachian tube destruction
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Perforation or fluid
Systemic disease

6. 120 db

7. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Obstruction or stenosis
Mixed hearing loss

8. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Otosclerosis
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

9. xray is good for visualizing...
Frontal sinuses
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Doesn't allow for biopsy

10. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
85+ db
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Breathe - speak

11. type b tympanogram
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Perforation or fluid
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

12. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Eustachian tube destruction
Systemic disease
Declining cochlear function

13. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Systemic disease
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

14. caldwell view
0-25 db
Perforation or fluid
Frontal sinuses
Systemic disease

15. Reinke's edema
Perforation
Eustachian tube destruction
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

16. MRIs are good for...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Neurological hearing
Systemic disease
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

17. type A tympanogram
Systemic disease
Normal
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Breathe - speak

18. study of choice for the sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
CT
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Perforation or fluid

19. vocal cords are attached

20. meniere's is...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
One sided
Neurological hearing
Sensorineural hearing loss

21. normal hearing loss
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
85+ db
0-25 db
Neurological hearing

22. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Frontal sinuses
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

23. bone conduction is...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Neurological hearing
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

24. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
85+ db
Obstruction or stenosis
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

25. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Perforation
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Maxillary sinuses

26. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Perforation
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

27. normal speech discrimination is...
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Noise exposure hearing loss
>88%

28. notched audiogram indicates...
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Noise exposure hearing loss
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

29. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Breathe - speak
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

30. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Mixed hearing loss
Normal
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Maxillary sinuses

31. profound hearing loss
Breathe - speak
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Declining cochlear function
85+ db

32. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

33. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Normal
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Sensorineural hearing loss
Perforation

34. vocal cord nodules
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

35. ascending audiogram indicates...
0-25 db
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Mixed hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

36. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

37. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Otosclerosis
Doesn't require anesthesia
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Maxillary sinuses

38. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Perforation
Breathe - speak
One sided

39. waters view
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Obstruction or stenosis
Maxillary sinuses

40. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Breathe - speak
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG