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ENT Diagnostic Methods

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1. study of choice for the sinuses
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
CT

2. the only conductive hearing loss you can't see - 'carhart notch'
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Otosclerosis
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Indicates conductive hearing loss

3. ascending audiogram indicates...
Mixed hearing loss
Maxillary sinuses
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

4. advantage of mirror laryngoscopy

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5. vocal cords abduct to _______ and adduct to ______
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Breathe - speak
Maxillary sinuses
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

6. normal hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
0-25 db
Mixed hearing loss
Doesn't allow for biopsy

7. caldwell view
Perforation or fluid
Declining cochlear function
>88%
Frontal sinuses

8. disadvantage of fiberoptic laryngoscopy

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9. Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Obstruction or stenosis
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural

10. 120 db

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11. profound hearing loss
Neurological hearing
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
85+ db

12. conductive hearing loss has
One sided
Breathe - speak
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
Indicates conductive hearing loss

13. An air/bone gap where both dip below 25 indicates...
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)
>88%
Breathe - speak
Mixed hearing loss

14. a downward sloping audiogram indicates...
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Mixed hearing loss
Perforation

15. small ear canal volume (<0.5) indicates...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Obstruction or stenosis
Noise exposure hearing loss
Declining cochlear function

16. if air conduction is greater than bone conduction
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
One sided
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses

17. U-shaped audiogram indicates...
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Sensorineural hearing loss
One sided
Indicates conductive hearing loss

18. type A tympanogram
Normal
Noise exposure hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss
Breathe - speak

19. xray is good for visualizing...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Maxillary sinuses
Normal

20. decreased otoacoustic emissions indicate
Declining cochlear function
Frontal sinuses
Systemic disease
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

21. flat audiogram indicates...
Systemic disease
Doesn't require anesthesia
Obstruction or stenosis
Sensorineural hearing loss

22. Weber test goes away from bad ear
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)
Maxillary sinuses
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Indicates sensorineural hearing loss

23. advantages of direct laryngoscopy
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
Treatment and biopsy - palpate vocal cords
Normal

24. a large ear canal volume (>2.5) indicates...
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Breathe - speak
Systemic disease
Perforation

25. bone conduction is...
Eustachian tube destruction
Otosclerosis
Neurological hearing
Coronal (frontal) without contrast

26. type c tympanogram
Eustachian tube destruction
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
0-25 db
Anteriorly 'point to the front'

27. waters view
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Breathe - speak
Maxillary sinuses
An air bone gap (gap between brackets and XO)

28. normal speech discrimination is...
Addresses the neurological aspect of hearing by EEG
Indicates conductive hearing loss
Otosclerosis
>88%

29. if bone conduction is greater than air conduction
Frontal sinuses
Obstruction or stenosis
Super loud - if you can't hear it you're deaf
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss

30. notched audiogram indicates...
Noise exposure hearing loss
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Maxillary and frontal sinuses
Sensorineural hearing loss

31. Weber test goes toward bad ear
Positive rinne - either normal or snesorineural
Normal
Indicates conductive hearing loss
One sided

32. meniere's is...
Negative rinne test- conductive hearing loss
One sided
Normal
Doesn't require anesthesia

33. The osteomeatal complex is between...
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
85+ db
0-25 db
Perforation

34. vocal cords are attached

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35. Reinke's edema
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Normal
Sensorineural hearing loss

36. MRIs are good for...
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Doesn't require anesthesia
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema
Low frequency hearing loss (menieres)

37. otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Measures the response of the hair cells to sound.
CT
Often seen in smokers - vocal cord edema

38. A sinus CT should be...
Coronal (frontal) without contrast
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
Anteriorly 'point to the front'
Breathe - speak

39. type b tympanogram
High frequency loss (presbycusis)
Eustachian tube destruction
Declining cochlear function
Perforation or fluid

40. vocal cord nodules
Often symmetric due to irritation from the first
Tumors - soft tissue abnormalities
The maxillary and ethmoid sinuses
Perforation or fluid