Assessing the Ears

Question 1

what does redness of the ear mean?

Answer 1

inflammation or fever

Question 2

what does redness, edema and purulent, or crusty drainage of the ear canal indicate

Answer 2

Infection

Question 3

What does bright red blood or watery drainage following a trauma indicate

Answer 3

fracture at the base of the skull

Question 4

What tool is used to look inside the ear?

Answer 4

An otoscope

Question 5

what does crackling in the ear indicate?

Answer 5

bugs or spiders

Question 6

What should the tympanic membrane look like?

Answer 6

Pearl, grayish looking membrane

Question 7

What is conductive hearing?

Answer 7

sound coming into the ear through the tympanic membrane through the ossicles which causes vibration

Question 8

what is sensineuro hearing?

Answer 8

Bone conduction through the cochlea of the inner ear

Question 9

What is the average age of hearing loss?

Answer 9

30

Question 10

what is the auricle or pinna of the ear

Answer 10

The portion visible without any tools

Question 11

What is the external auditory canal?

Answer 11

a part of the external ear that are usually S-shaped in adults that have modified sweat glands that secrete cerumen

Question 12

what does the external ear consist of?

Answer 12

Auricle/pinna, external auditory canal, tympanic membrane (ear drum)

Question 13

What does the inner/middle ear consist of?

Answer 13

Tympanic cavity, eustachian tube, and auditory ossicles such as the malleus, incus, and stapes

Question 14

what is the inner ear typically known as

Answer 14

the labyrinth

Question 15

what is the bony labyrinth three parts?

Answer 15

 Cochlea, vestibule, and semi circular canals

Question 16

what is the inner ear consist of?

Answer 16

Fluid, bony labyrinth, inner membranous labyrinth

Question 17

What is conductive hearing loss?

Answer 17

Something blocks, or impairs the passage of vibrations from getting to the inner ear

Question 18

what is sensorineural or perceptive hearing loss

Answer 18

Damage is located in the inner ear

Question 19

what is hearing loss in infants related to?

Answer 19

Birth complications, drugs, severe, jaundice, trauma

Question 20

how do you earlobes differ between race?

Answer 20

Most African-Americans and whites have free lopes well most Asians have attached or soldered lobes

Question 21

What race hears the best

Answer 21

blacks then Hispanics then whites

Question 22

What is presbycusis?

Answer 22

Progressive loss of hearing over many years, that usually affects the high frequencies of hearing

Question 23

what is otosclerosis?

Answer 23

Abnormal bone growth inside the ear. It’s common cause is hearing loss.

Question 24

what tests are used in a focused specialty assessment of the ear?

Answer 24

Weber test, Rinne test and Romberg test

Question 25

what tests are used for general observation of hearing an equilibrium of the ear?

Answer 25

Whisper test, Weber test, Rinne test, Romberg test

Question 26

what medication is create hearing problems

Answer 26

ototoxic medications such as some antibiotics, and some non-steroidal anti-inflammatories

Question 27

what is otitis media?

Answer 27

Infection of the ear/ear infection

Question 28

what are risk factors for otitis media?

Answer 28

Bottlefeeding lying down, seasons of fall and winter, poor air quality, group childcare, age, cleft palate, down syndrome, enlarged adenoids