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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. xray is good for visualizing...
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Otosclerosis
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

2. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Perforation or fluid
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
CT
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf

3. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Frontal sinuses
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords

4. type A tympanogram
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Mixed hearing loss
Declining cochlear function
Normal

5. 120 db

6. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Perforation
85+ db
Frontal sinuses

7. waters view
Eustachian tube destruction
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses

8. flat audiogram indicates...
Obstruction or stenosis
One sided
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Systemic disease

9. meniere's is...
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
One sided
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Otosclerosis

10. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
>88%

11. bone conduction is...
0-25 db
Neurological hearing
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

12. vocal cord nodules
Obstruction or stenosis
Systemic disease
Neurological hearing
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

13. Reinke's edema
Obstruction or stenosis
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Breathe - speak
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

14. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Otosclerosis
High frequency loss (presbycusis)

15. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

16. study of choice for the sinuses
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
CT
Eustachian tube destruction
Indicates conductive hearing loss

17. profound hearing loss
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
85+ db
Perforation
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

18. type b tympanogram
Otosclerosis
Obstruction or stenosis
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Perforation or fluid

19. caldwell view
Frontal sinuses
Maxillary sinuses
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Noise exposure hearing loss

20. A sinus CT should be...
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
CT

21. normal speech discrimination is...
Perforation or fluid
>88%
Maxillary sinuses
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first

22. normal hearing loss
0-25 db
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Systemic disease
Frontal sinuses

23. notched audiogram indicates...
Breathe - speak
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Noise exposure hearing loss
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

24. ascending audiogram indicates...
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
0-25 db
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Perforation or fluid

25. type c tympanogram
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
>88%
Neurological hearing
Eustachian tube destruction

26. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Frontal sinuses
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Neurological hearing

27. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Noise exposure hearing loss
Declining cochlear function
0-25 db
>88%

28. MRIs are good for...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Perforation

29. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Doesn't allow for biopsy
Perforation

30. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
>88%
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
One sided

31. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

32. The osteomeatal complex is between...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Maxillary and frontal sinuses

33. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Doesn't require anesthesia
Sensorineural hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Doesn't allow for biopsy

34. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Breathe - speak
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Neurological hearing
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG

35. conductive hearing loss has
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Sensorineural hearing loss
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

36. vocal cords are attached

37. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Perforation
Perforation or fluid
One sided

38. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Perforation
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

39. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Obstruction or stenosis
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

40. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Noise exposure hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first