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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. A sinus CT should be...
0-25 db
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Indicates conductive hearing loss

2. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Perforation
Otosclerosis
Maxillary sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

3. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
85+ db
Breathe - speak
Obstruction or stenosis
Declining cochlear function

4. conductive hearing loss has
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Normal
Perforation
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

5. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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6. waters view
Frontal sinuses
Maxillary sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

7. caldwell view
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Frontal sinuses
Neurological hearing
Perforation or fluid

8. type A tympanogram
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Maxillary sinuses
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Normal

9. normal speech discrimination is...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Normal
>88%
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

10. The osteomeatal complex is between...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Neurological hearing
Perforation or fluid
85+ db

11. xray is good for visualizing...
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
One sided

12. profound hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
0-25 db
85+ db

13. notched audiogram indicates...
>88%
Perforation
85+ db
Noise exposure hearing loss

14. ascending audiogram indicates...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Noise exposure hearing loss

15. vocal cords are attached

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16. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Mixed hearing loss

17. bone conduction is...
Neurological hearing
85+ db
Obstruction or stenosis
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

18. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Breathe - speak
Declining cochlear function
Mixed hearing loss
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

19. MRIs are good for...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Eustachian tube destruction
Obstruction or stenosis

20. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
One sided
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Perforation
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

21. meniere's is...
One sided
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Otosclerosis

22. vocal cord nodules
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Perforation or fluid
Otosclerosis
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

23. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Systemic disease
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia
Obstruction or stenosis

24. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Perforation
Frontal sinuses
Normal
Neurological hearing

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

26. flat audiogram indicates...
Eustachian tube destruction
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Systemic disease
Mixed hearing loss

27. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Systemic disease
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Sensorineural hearing loss

28. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Frontal sinuses
Otosclerosis
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

29. Reinke's edema
Maxillary sinuses
85+ db
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

30. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Doesn't require anesthesia
Neurological hearing
Perforation or fluid

31. normal hearing loss
0-25 db
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

32. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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33. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Noise exposure hearing loss
Normal

34. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Normal
Declining cochlear function
One sided

35. study of choice for the sinuses
CT
Normal
0-25 db
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

36. type c tympanogram
Frontal sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
CT

37. 120 db

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38. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
CT
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Obstruction or stenosis
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

39. type b tympanogram
Perforation or fluid
Normal
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

40. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Normal
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first