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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Otosclerosis
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

2. flat audiogram indicates...
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Systemic disease
>88%
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

3. MRIs are good for...
85+ db
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Indicates conductive hearing loss

4. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
0-25 db
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Frontal sinuses

5. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
CT
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Perforation
85+ db

6. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Otosclerosis
0-25 db
Obstruction or stenosis
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

7. normal speech discrimination is...
CT
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
>88%
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

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

9. normal hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
0-25 db
Normal
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

10. type c tympanogram
Eustachian tube destruction
Declining cochlear function
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

11. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Noise exposure hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Mixed hearing loss

12. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
>88%
85+ db

13. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Perforation or fluid
Declining cochlear function
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Sensorineural hearing loss

14. bone conduction is...
85+ db
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Neurological hearing

15. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

16. caldwell view
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
One sided
Normal
Frontal sinuses

17. meniere's is...
0-25 db
Perforation or fluid
One sided
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

18. The osteomeatal complex is between...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Noise exposure hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

19. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
0-25 db
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
>88%

20. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
CT
Maxillary sinuses
One sided
Breathe - speak

21. notched audiogram indicates...
Eustachian tube destruction
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Noise exposure hearing loss
Mixed hearing loss

22. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
>88%
Frontal sinuses
Neurological hearing
Sensorineural hearing loss

23. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Obstruction or stenosis
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Systemic disease

24. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Mixed hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

25. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

26. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Perforation
>88%
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

27. type b tympanogram
Sensorineural hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Perforation or fluid
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

28. conductive hearing loss has
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
85+ db
Sensorineural hearing loss

29. Reinke's edema
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Declining cochlear function
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Doesn't allow for biopsy

30. xray is good for visualizing...
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Maxillary sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

31. 120 db

32. vocal cord nodules
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

33. Weber test goes toward bad ear
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Doesn't require anesthesia
Indicates conductive hearing loss

34. study of choice for the sinuses
Mixed hearing loss
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
One sided
CT

35. vocal cords are attached

36. type A tympanogram
Sensorineural hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Normal

37. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Mixed hearing loss
Obstruction or stenosis
Perforation

38. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
One sided
Perforation
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Doesn't require anesthesia

39. waters view
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Maxillary sinuses
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

40. profound hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Perforation
85+ db
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)