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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. MRIs are good for...
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

2. bone conduction is...
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Neurological hearing
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

3. Reinke's edema
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Eustachian tube destruction

4. meniere's is...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Sensorineural hearing loss
One sided
Perforation

5. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Otosclerosis
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Obstruction or stenosis
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

6. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
>88%
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

7. 120 db

8. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Declining cochlear function
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Normal

9. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Noise exposure hearing loss

10. type c tympanogram
Noise exposure hearing loss
Perforation
Eustachian tube destruction
One sided

11. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
One sided
Breathe - speak

12. vocal cords are attached

13. normal hearing loss
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
0-25 db

14. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

15. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Systemic disease
Perforation or fluid
Otosclerosis

16. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
0-25 db
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
One sided
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

17. normal speech discrimination is...
Doesn't require anesthesia
>88%
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Indicates conductive hearing loss

18. caldwell view
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Frontal sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

19. study of choice for the sinuses
Systemic disease
CT
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

20. type A tympanogram
Doesn't require anesthesia
Sensorineural hearing loss
Obstruction or stenosis
Normal

21. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Maxillary sinuses
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Perforation or fluid
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

22. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Indicates conductive hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Perforation or fluid

23. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Perforation or fluid

24. flat audiogram indicates...
Systemic disease
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Sensorineural hearing loss

25. waters view
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Maxillary sinuses
Declining cochlear function
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities

26. vocal cord nodules
Neurological hearing
Maxillary sinuses
0-25 db
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

27. profound hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
85+ db
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

28. ascending audiogram indicates...
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Doesn't require anesthesia
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Maxillary sinuses

29. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

30. notched audiogram indicates...
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Breathe - speak
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Noise exposure hearing loss

31. A sinus CT should be...
Obstruction or stenosis
Systemic disease
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

32. Weber test goes away from bad ear
0-25 db
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Breathe - speak
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

33. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Sensorineural hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Perforation or fluid

34. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

35. Weber test goes toward bad ear
>88%
Frontal sinuses
CT
Indicates conductive hearing loss

36. type b tympanogram
Perforation or fluid
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
One sided

37. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Doesn't require anesthesia
Sensorineural hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Perforation

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

39. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Mixed hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Declining cochlear function
Doesn't require anesthesia

40. xray is good for visualizing...
Systemic disease
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)