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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. flat audiogram indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
85+ db
Systemic disease
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

2. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

3. normal speech discrimination is...
>88%
0-25 db
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Systemic disease

4. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Otosclerosis
0-25 db
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

5. MRIs are good for...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Mixed hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Maxillary sinuses

6. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Normal
Breathe - speak

7. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Normal

8. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

9. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Mixed hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

10. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Doesn't require anesthesia
Otosclerosis
Declining cochlear function
Sensorineural hearing loss

11. waters view
Maxillary sinuses
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Obstruction or stenosis
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

12. meniere's is...
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Perforation
One sided
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

13. type c tympanogram
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
One sided

14. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
85+ db
Normal
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Mixed hearing loss

15. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Perforation or fluid
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Doesn't allow for biopsy

16. caldwell view
Perforation
Noise exposure hearing loss
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Frontal sinuses

17. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Declining cochlear function
Noise exposure hearing loss

18. vocal cord nodules
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Frontal sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

19. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

20. 120 db

21. study of choice for the sinuses
Sensorineural hearing loss
CT
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Obstruction or stenosis

22. profound hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia
Perforation
85+ db
Breathe - speak

23. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

24. Reinke's edema
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Perforation

25. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Declining cochlear function
Breathe - speak
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

26. normal hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
0-25 db
Noise exposure hearing loss

27. vocal cords are attached

28. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Perforation
Normal

29. ascending audiogram indicates...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Systemic disease
Otosclerosis
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

30. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Breathe - speak
Sensorineural hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

31. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Eustachian tube destruction
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

32. notched audiogram indicates...
0-25 db
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Noise exposure hearing loss

33. bone conduction is...
Mixed hearing loss
0-25 db
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Neurological hearing

34. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Sensorineural hearing loss
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Declining cochlear function
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

35. conductive hearing loss has
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
0-25 db
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Declining cochlear function

36. type b tympanogram
Perforation or fluid
0-25 db
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Breathe - speak

37. xray is good for visualizing...
Doesn't require anesthesia
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

38. type A tympanogram
>88%
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Normal

39. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Frontal sinuses
Systemic disease
Obstruction or stenosis
Indicates conductive hearing loss

40. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Eustachian tube destruction
Perforation
Frontal sinuses