Otoscopy & Case History

Question 1

List (3) categories of information you should gather

Answer 1

1. Medical history (including medications)
2. Noise exposure history (occupational or recreational)
3. Current health status: pain, fullness, pressure in ears

Question 2

With pediatric patients, what categories of information you wouldn’t ask adult patients must you collect?

Answer 2

1. Developmental history (prenatal, postnatal, pregnancy)
2. Parental concerns
3. Educational history

Question 3

Why won’t you spend time gathering extensive information about a patient’s otologic and medical history if referral notes: SNHL, otherwise, unremarkable.

Answer 3

Hearing loss in known and otologic and medical history was already assessed by ENT.

Question 4

What three main questions would you ask for a patient who has tinnitus?

Answer 4

1. Is it in one ear or both?
2. Describe the tinnitus
3. How bothersome is it?