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Nystagmus

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Rapid eye movement

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Helicotrema

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The apex of the cochlea

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Stria vascularis

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Produces the endolymph and supplies oxygen and other nutrients to the cochlea

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Stereo-cilia

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Hair-like projections on top of each hair cell

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Neuron

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Specialized cell designed as a conductor of nerves impulses and is comprised of a cell body, axon, and dendrites

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Dendrites

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Receive nerve impulses from other nerve cells

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Axon

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Transmits impulses along the neuron

-where electrical power of the neuron is derived from

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Afferent neuron

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Carry impulses from cochlea to central auditory nervous system and their cell bodies

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Efferent axons

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Receive impulse from the brain stem and contract the hair cells both directly and indirectly

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All-or-none principle

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A neuron always responds with its max charge, regardless of the stimulus intensity

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Synapse

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Connection between neurons

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Neurotransmission

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Act of conveying information between neurons

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical substances that cause activation or inhibitions of adjacent neurons are released to these junctions

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Autosomal dominant

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Only one gene is required for the trait to be shown

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Autosomal recessive

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Genes from both parents are required for the trait to show

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Osseocartilaginous junction

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Where the two portions of the EAC meet

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Tempromandibular joint(TMJ) syndrome

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When the mandible overrides its normal position causing the condyle to press into the junction, causing pain

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Otalgia

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Pain of the ear

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Myofacial pain dysfunction(MPD)

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Describes pain in the TMJ along with headaches, dizziness, back and neck pain

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Microtia

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Deformity of the pinna is underdeveloped

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Atresia

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Passage is the body(EAM) is abnormally closed

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Anotia

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A sense of the ear

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Central pathway relay station

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Cochlear nucleus

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Muscle of the middle ear

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Tensor tympani

Stapedius muscle

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Treatment to improve communication
Oral rehabilitation
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Perceptions of sound in the ear
Tinnitus
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Sound evoked dizziness
Superior canal deficit
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Non ear specific behavioral test
Sound Field
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Vestibular pathology managed with positional exercise
BPPV
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Test to assess retro cochlear pathology
Acoustic decay
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Difference between threshold and loudness
Comfort levels/ dynamic range
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Lowest level a person can detect speech
Speech Awareness threshold (SAT)
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Lowest level speech can be understood
Speech reception threshold (SRT)
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Sensitivity to loud sounds
Recruitment
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Abnormal wave in the ABR
Cochlear micophonic
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Test for vestibular unilateral weakness
Calorics
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Prevention of crossover
Masking
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Causes deficits in hearing and vision
Usher syndrome
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Growth in the inner ear
Vestibular shwanoma
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Causes neural di- synchrony
Auditory neuropathy
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Carries info from the cochlea to the brain
Afferent
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Age related hearing loss
Presbycusis
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Test of stapedious responses
Acoustic reflex
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Test of outer hair cell function
Otoacoustic emissions
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Test of tympanic compliance
Tympanomatry
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Foul smelling odor of discharge of the ear
Otorherra
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Otolis at hearing to the semicircular canals
Cupliathiasis
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Inflammation of the auditory nerve
Acoustic neuritis
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Management for retrocochlear pathology
Gamma knife
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Area of auditory reception in the brain
Hechl’s gyrus
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Vestibular impute from limbs or extremities to the brain
somatosensorary system
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Free floating otolis
Canalithiasis
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Test to assess for BPPV
Six Hallpike Maneuver
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Calcium crystals within the utricle
Otoconia
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Test of CN 8
ABR
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Test for bilateral vestibular weakness
Rotary chair
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Responsive to rotational movement
Crista ampullaris
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Immediate entry way of the middle ear
Vestibule
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A sensation of spinning
Vertigo
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Responsive to angular acceleration
Semi circular canals
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Responsive to linear acceleration
Saccule and utricle
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Assesses for superior canal dehiscence
VEMP
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Treatment for BPPV
Epley Maneuver
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Assesses vision, inner ear, and somatosensory system
Posturography
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Assesses semi circular canals through rapid head movements
vHIT
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Scarring of the TM
Tympanosclsrosis
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Treatment for perforated TM
Myringoplasty/ tympanoplasty
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Management for otitis media
Tympanoplasty tube/ pressure equalization tube
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Insistion made to place tube
Myringotamy
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Entire hearing loss as presented be patient contains no organic explaination
Non organic hearing loss
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False hearing and implies that there is no underlying pathology
Pseudohypacusis
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Some kind of function or malfunction
Functional hearing loss
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Fabricated or exaggerated problem of an unconscious origin
Psychogenic hearing loss
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Underlying presses is one of psychological stressor being converted into physical symptomes
Conversion disorder
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Person who deliberately pretends to have a disorder that they do not have
Factitious disorder
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Ideal for examining difficult patients to obtain behavioral thresholds
Auditory Evoked Potential (AEP)
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A form of management options for hearing loss
Audiological rehabilitation
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Abnormality that is psychologically, phycological or anatomical
Hearing impairments
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An individuals inability to perform biologically and socially useful functions
Hearing disability
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Ways in which individuals are disadvantaged in fulfilling their desired roles (self assessment scales)
Hearing handicap

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