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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. Reinke's edema
Maxillary sinuses
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Sensorineural hearing loss

2. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Perforation
Mixed hearing loss
>88%
Breathe - speak

3. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Declining cochlear function
CT
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

4. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses
Breathe - speak

5. MRIs are good for...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Normal
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

6. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Mixed hearing loss

7. flat audiogram indicates...
Systemic disease
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Breathe - speak
Mixed hearing loss

8. bone conduction is...
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Neurological hearing
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Perforation or fluid

9. The osteomeatal complex is between...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Otosclerosis
Systemic disease
Eustachian tube destruction

10. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Perforation
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Obstruction or stenosis

11. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

12. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Sensorineural hearing loss
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Otosclerosis
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

13. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Normal
Otosclerosis
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

14. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Sensorineural hearing loss
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

15. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

16. conductive hearing loss has
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Normal

17. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Obstruction or stenosis

18. 120 db

19. meniere's is...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
One sided
Mixed hearing loss
Neurological hearing

20. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
85+ db
Systemic disease

21. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
>88%
Declining cochlear function
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

22. caldwell view
Otosclerosis
Frontal sinuses
>88%
Perforation

23. waters view
Sensorineural hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Maxillary sinuses

24. type b tympanogram
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Perforation or fluid
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Eustachian tube destruction

25. vocal cords are attached

26. type c tympanogram
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Obstruction or stenosis
Eustachian tube destruction
Frontal sinuses

27. A sinus CT should be...
CT
Mixed hearing loss
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Doesn't require anesthesia

28. Weber test goes toward bad ear
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Doesn't require anesthesia
Perforation or fluid

29. study of choice for the sinuses
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
CT
Eustachian tube destruction

30. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Perforation or fluid
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

31. xray is good for visualizing...
Doesn't require anesthesia
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Systemic disease
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

32. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.

33. notched audiogram indicates...
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
85+ db
Noise exposure hearing loss

34. type A tympanogram
0-25 db
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Normal
CT

35. normal hearing loss
Eustachian tube destruction
Neurological hearing
0-25 db
>88%

36. normal speech discrimination is...
Maxillary sinuses
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Noise exposure hearing loss
>88%

37. ascending audiogram indicates...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Otosclerosis
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

38. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Eustachian tube destruction
Noise exposure hearing loss
Declining cochlear function

39. profound hearing loss
85+ db
Doesn't require anesthesia
Systemic disease
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

40. vocal cord nodules
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses