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Lecture 6.2: Hearing Disorders Flashcards

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What is Sound?

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  • A compressive wave that travels at 343m/sec in air
  • > 1500m/sec in water
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What are the 2 properties of sounds waves?

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1) Frequency = Distance = Hertz (Hz)
2) Volume = Pressure = Decibels (dB)

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What is the hearing range (frequency) of humans?

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20-20,000 Hz

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What is normal volume of conversation in humans?

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60dB

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At what volume doe sound get painful for humans?

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120dB

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What is Hearing?

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Conscious appreciation of vibration perceived as sound

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What is Deafness?

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Hearing loss so severe that there is very little or no functional hearing

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What does it mean to be Deaf (capital D)?

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  • Deaf (capital D) people that have been deaf for all of
    their lives, or since before they started to learn to talk * Prelingually deaf
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What does it mean to be deaf (lower case d)?

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  • Anyone that has a severe hearing problem
  • Usually postlingual
  • May use hearing aids/cochlear implants
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What does it mean to be hard of hearing?

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Mild to moderate hearing loss

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External Ear Anatomy (3)

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  • Pinna (Auricle)
  • External Auditory Meatus
  • Tympanic Membrane
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Middle Ear Anatomy (4)

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  • Tympanic Membrane
  • Ossicles
  • Mastoid
  • Eustachian Tube
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Inner Ear Anatomy: Bony Labyrinth (4)

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  • Cochlea
  • Vestibular Apparatus
  • 3 Semicircular Canals
  • Filled with perilymph
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Inner Ear Anatomy: Membranous Labyrinth (4)

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  • Inside Bony Labyrinth
  • Cochlear Duct
  • Utricle and Saccule
  • Semicircular Ducts
  • Filled with Endolymph
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Mechanism of Hearing

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  • The pinna collects and amplifies sound waves
  • The EAM funnels them to the tympanic membrane
    (TM)
  • The TM vibrates, transferring the vibrations
    sequentially to the ossicles, the oval window and the
    fluid of the inner ear
  • The middle ear amplifies the sound by ~30dB
  • Thus the middle ear converts sound waves in air of
    EAM to vibrations in fluid of inner ear
  • The inner ear converts mechanical signals (vibrations
    in fluid) to electrical signals → auditory pathway→
    brain
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Function of the Inner Ear

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1) Convert mechanical signals (vibrations in
fluid) to electrical signals → auditory pathway→
brain
2) Maintain balance

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Inner Ear openings to Middle Ear (2)

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  • Oval window (connects vestibule to ME at stapes
    footplate)
  • Round window (connects scala tympani with middle
    ear)
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Mechanism of Hearing in the Cochlea

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  • Vibration of stapes at oval window→ vibrations of
    perilymph in scala vestibuli
  • Vibrations transmitted to endolymph in cochlear duct
    and spiral organ of Corti on basilar membrane
  • Hair cells stimulated→impulses travel along CNVIII to
    brain
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Auditory Transduction: Hair Cells

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  • 4 rows of hair cells
  • 1 inner hair cells row (provide most of the signal to CN
    VIII)
  • 3 outer hair cell rows (role in modulating the response
    of the inner hair cells)
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What is the Primary (Lemniscal) Pathway?

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Main pathway through which auditory information reaches the primary auditory cortex

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What is the Non-Lemniscal Pathway?

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Mediating unconscious perception eg. attention, emotional response, and auditory reflexes

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Can supranuclear lesions cause hearing loss?

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No

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Where in the ear do lesions occur in conductive hearing loss?

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Lesions in the outer or middle ear

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Where in the ear do lesions occur in sensorineural hearing loss?

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Lesions in the inner ear or vestibuloccochlear nerve (VIII)

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What is Mixed hearing loss?
Lesions in the outer or middle ear AND Lesions in the inner ear or vestibuloccochlear nerve (VIII)
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Where in the ear do lesions occur in Central hearing loss?
Lesion in the auditory pathway in the brain (rare)
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Hearing loss usually involves sensitivity and acuity, what does this mean?
Sounds are harder to hear (sensitivity) and they are usually distorted (acuity)
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What happens to the Tympanic Membrane in Conductive Hearing Loss?
* EAM/TM may look abnormal * (except otosclerosis) * May be temporary or treatable
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What happens to the Tympanic Membrane in Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
* TM usually looks normal * Often permanent
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What is the Weber Test?
* Tuning fork in middle of head * Sound should be equal in both ears if normal
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Weber Test in Conductive Hearing Loss
Sound lateralises to affected side
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Weber Test in Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Sound lateralises to unaffected side
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What is the Rinnes Test?
* Tuning fork behind ear and in front of ear * Compares perception of sounds transmitted by air conduction to those transmitted by bone conduction * Patient should be able to hear the sound of the tuning fork adjacent to their ear for approximately twice as long as the sound they heard over their mastoid. process
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Rinnes Test in Conductive Hearing Loss
Bone conduction is better than air conduction
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Rinnes Test in Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Air conduction is better than Bone conduction
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What is the Speech Banana?
Represents the level/intensity and tone/frequency of sounds of speech in language
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Ability to hear depends on....? (2)
* Pitch (frequency) (Hertz (Hz)) * Loudness (decibel (dB))
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What is a Pure Tone Audiogram?
A graphical representation of a person's hearing acuity at a range of frequencies and loudness levels
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Pure Tone Audiogram: Normal Hearing
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Pure Tone Audiogram: Conductive Hearing Loss
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Pure Tone Audiogram: Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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Pure Tone Audiogram: Mixed Hearing Loss
* BC > AC * BC >20dB hearing loss
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Mild High-Frequency Loss
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Moderate-to-Severe Bilateral Loss
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What conditions can cause Conductive Hearing Loss? (5)
* Acute Otitis Media (AOM) * Glue Ear (OME) * TM Perforation/Retraction * Cholesteatoma * Otosclerosis
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What conditions can cause Sensorineural Hearing Loss Bilaterally? (5)
* Congenital Defect * Infections: measles, meningitis * Presbyacusis * Noise induced hearing loss * Ototoxic Drugs (eg. gentamicin)
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What conditions can cause Sensorineural Hearing Loss Unilaterally? (3)
* Congenital Defect * Acoustic Neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) * Menieres
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What can cause Congenital Hearing Loss? (3)
* Genetic * Intrauterine Infections (rubella, CMV) * Prematurity
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When are children tested for congenital hearing loss in the UK?
* Newborn screening hearing test * Again at 8 months of age
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How do people with hearing loss go about daily life? (2)
* Hearing Aids * Sign Language
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What is seen on an Audiogram in Noise Induced Hearing Loss?
4kHZ dip
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What is seen on an Audiogram in Congenital Hearing Loss?
Cookie Bite like shape
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What is seen on an Audiogram in Presbyacusis?
High frequency SNHL
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What is seen on an Audiogram in Menieres?
Low frequency SNHL
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What is seen on an Audiogram in Noise Induced Hearing Loss?
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What is Presbyacusis?
Bilateral age-related hearing loss.
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What is Acute Otitis Media?
* An infection of the middle ear * Most commonly seen between the ages of 6 to 24 months
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What is Glue Ear (OME)?
Glue ear is where the middle part of the ear canal fills up with fluid, the Eustachian tube seems to lose the ability to drain away the mucus
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What is Cholesteatoma?
A type of skin cyst that is located in the middle ear and mastoid bone in the skull
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What is Otosclerosis?
* Fixation of the stapes footplate to the oval window of the cochlea * This greatly impairs movement of the stapes * Therefore transmission of sound into the inner ear ("ossicular coupling") is lost
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What is Menieres?
A distension of membranous labyrinth by the endolymph, equally called endolymphatic hydrops
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What are the 4 symptoms of Menieres Disease?
* Vertigo Attacks * Fluctuating Hearing Loss * Tinnitus * Auricular Plenitude Sensation
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What is an Acoustic Neuroma (Vestibular Schwannoma)?
* Tumour of the vestibulocochlear nerve arising from the Schwann cells of the nerve sheath * Benign and usually slow-growing * Bilateral acoustic neuroma occurs in neurofibromatosis-type 2 (NF2) * Investigate unilateral SNHL and/or tinnitus with MRI
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Management of Acoustic Neuroma (3)
* Microsurgery * Stereotactic Radiosurgery * Observation
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What treatments can be given for Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
* Hearing Aids * Cochlear Implant
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What key investigation should be done in Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
MRI Internal auditory meati if unilateral, to exclude acoustic neuroma
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How do Hearing Aids aid hearing?
* Improve sensitivity to sound by amplifying it * But do not improve acuity. * Make it louder but not clearer
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How do Cochlear Implants work?
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How do Cochlear Implants aid hearing?
Bypass damaged portions of the ear and directly stimulate the auditory nerve
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Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA)
* Transferring sound through bone conduction, and stimulating the cochlea of the normal hearing ear * Effectively transmitting sounds from the bad side into the normal ear resulting in a sensation of hearing from a deaf ear
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How to prepare for communicating with people who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing? (11)
* Book an interpreter * Talk directly to your patient, not the person interpreting for them * Make sure you have your patient’s attention before talking * Maintain eye contact whilst communicating * Use normal lip movement * Make sure the room is well lit so that the patient can see your face clearly * Speak in plain English at a normal speed * Use written notes or diagrams * Use gestures and facial expressions to help explain yourself * Point to parts of your body if necessary * Keep checking to make sure your patient understands you

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