Outer Ear

Question 1

Means to be born with

Answer 1

congenital

Question 2

Means to get after birth

Answer 2

acquired

Question 3

External factor, nonhereditary

Answer 3

exogenus

Question 4

Internal factors hereditary

Answer 4

endogenus

Question 5

Outer, inner and middle ear

Answer 5

peripheral

Question 6

Anything beyond cochlea

Answer 6

central

Question 7

What are the congenital malformations of the pinna and external ear canal

Answer 7

you are born with 6-7 bronchial arches and the first two will fuse together and become the first pharyngeal pouch. If anything goes wrong during development it will cause a malformation which will give you problems in the outer and middle ear but that doesn’t mean the inner ear is affected.

Question 8

Maldevelopment of the first pharyngeal pouch is?

Answer 8

middle and outer ear.

Question 9

_______ and _________ develop independently with the outer and middle ear

Answer 9

cochlea and inner ear

Question 10

________ or _________ ear hearing loss doesn’t mean there is a problem in the inner ear. (it can happen but it is rare.)

Answer 10

outer or middle ear

Question 11

As long as ____________ are in contact then that person can still hear

Answer 11

hair cells

Question 12

_______ ear problems result in conductive hearing loss (never sensorineural)

Answer 12

outer

Question 13

a small or deformed pinna is called

Answer 13

microtia

Question 14

_________ usually doesn’t result in a hearing loss because the signal will eventually get there.

Answer 14

Microtia

Question 15

________ can go around corners so as long as there is a pathway for the sound wave to hit the ear drum then you should be alright.

Answer 15

sound waves

Question 16

_______ is the absence of the pinna

Answer 16

anotia

Question 17

with _______ while you may get some change in resonance the signal will eventually get there. (will not cause significant hearing loss)

Answer 17

anotia

Question 18

_______ closure of the external auditory meatus. There is no ear canal so there is a CHL

Answer 18

atresia

Question 19

______ narrowing of the canal. Doesn’t impede hearing but could give a CHL

Answer 19

stenosis

Question 20

__________ cartilage flattens and blocks the canal because of that. CHL

Answer 20

collapsed canal

Question 21

Anotia, atresia, stenosis and collapsed canal are all treated with ________

Answer 21

otoplasty

Question 22

Presence of foreign bodies/impacted cerumen will result in ?

Answer 22

probably no HL unless canal is obstructed

Question 23

A tumor (cholesteatoma) benign or malignant

Answer 23

probably no HL unless canal is obstructed

Question 24

External otitis is known as

Answer 24

swimmers ear

Question 25

External otitis does or doesn't result in a hearing loss

Answer 25

doesn't

Question 26

myringitits is known as

Answer 26

Inflammation of the TM

Question 27

With myringititis is there a HL?

Answer 27

NO

Question 28

Tympanosclerosis is known as what?

Answer 28

the thickening or scaring of the TM

Question 29

Is there HL with Tympanosclerosis

Answer 29

there is a possibility of a small HL but not probable.

Question 30

What is a perforation of TM

Answer 30

a big hole in your TM

Question 31

does a perforation of the TM result in a HL?

Answer 31

if it is just a slit in the ear then there will be either a small or no CHL otherwise there will be a CHL.

Question 32

What is a hemotoma

Answer 32

blood clot

Question 33

Will a hemotoma cause a HL

Answer 33

depending on the size

Question 34

________ is a hard bony growth of EAM

Answer 34

exostosis

Question 35

will an exostosis cause a HL

Answer 35

depending on the size

Question 36

________ spongy bone growth

Answer 36

osteoma

Question 37

will an osteoma result in a HL

Answer 37

depending on size

Question 38

_______ is also known as a earache

Answer 38

otalgia

Question 39

will otalgia result in a HL

Answer 39

no

Question 40

Otorrhea is also known as

Answer 40

ear drainage

Question 41

will otorrhea result in HL

Answer 41

no