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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Obstruction or stenosis
Breathe - speak

2. meniere's is...
One sided
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

3. 120 db

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4. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Frontal sinuses
Sensorineural hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

5. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Declining cochlear function
Mixed hearing loss
Normal
Otosclerosis

6. vocal cords are attached

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7. type c tympanogram
Breathe - speak
Systemic disease
Eustachian tube destruction
85+ db

8. normal hearing loss
Systemic disease
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Obstruction or stenosis
0-25 db

9. bone conduction is...
Maxillary sinuses
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Neurological hearing
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

10. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Perforation
Noise exposure hearing loss

11. ascending audiogram indicates...
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Otosclerosis
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Normal

12. Reinke's edema
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Frontal sinuses

13. vocal cord nodules
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

14. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Declining cochlear function
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Perforation or fluid
Otosclerosis

15. normal speech discrimination is...
>88%
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Neurological hearing
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

16. caldwell view
Frontal sinuses
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

17. conductive hearing loss has
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Indicates conductive hearing loss
0-25 db
Perforation or fluid

18. flat audiogram indicates...
Systemic disease
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Breathe - speak
CT

19. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
CT
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Perforation

20. A sinus CT should be...
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Mixed hearing loss
0-25 db

21. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
>88%
Systemic disease
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

22. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Frontal sinuses

23. type b tympanogram
CT
Perforation
Perforation or fluid
Neurological hearing

24. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Sensorineural hearing loss

25. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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26. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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27. MRIs are good for...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Noise exposure hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia

28. waters view
Mixed hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Noise exposure hearing loss

29. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Perforation
Obstruction or stenosis
Neurological hearing
Indicates conductive hearing loss

30. study of choice for the sinuses
Maxillary sinuses
Otosclerosis
CT
Systemic disease

31. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Perforation or fluid
Perforation
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

32. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Obstruction or stenosis
Perforation
Otosclerosis
CT

33. Weber test goes toward bad ear
One sided
Sensorineural hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Indicates conductive hearing loss

34. type A tympanogram
Otosclerosis
Normal
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Noise exposure hearing loss

35. xray is good for visualizing...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Otosclerosis
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

36. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Breathe - speak

37. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
CT
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

38. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
>88%
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

39. notched audiogram indicates...
Noise exposure hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Declining cochlear function

40. profound hearing loss
85+ db
Perforation
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Frontal sinuses