Ears

1. Clear fluid is draining from ear is not normal. Get a doctor STAT.

True

False

2. Tenderness of palpation is normal

True

False

3. Progressive hearing loss

Presbycussis

Otosclerosis

Otitis media

4. Match the types of hearing losses:

Due to external or middle ear problems

Damage to the cochlea or vestibulocochlear

Due to emotional problems or no cause

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5. Match the following problems with thier treatments

Meniere's disease

Otosclerosis

Acute otitis media

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6. Match the following ear tests:

Used to inspect the tympanic membrane and external auditory canal

speak softly from a distance of 1-2 ft and have the pt repeat what was said

Tuning fork placed on pt head or forehead

Tuning fork placed at opening of ear cancal and against mastoid bone

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8. Match the results of the Weber test

Patient hears the sound better in the affected ear

Patient hears the sound in the better hearing ear

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9. Match the following

Incision in the tympanic membrane allowing fluid to drain

Removal of stapes and part of footplate and inserting a tissue graft and suitable prothesis

Removal of stapes and part of footplate and inserting a pistol like thing

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10. Nursing managment when communicating with the hearing impaired:

Use high tones

Use gestures

Speak slowly

Exaggerate your mouth

Do not use gestures

Use low tones

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11. Match the following manifestations with thier name

Manifests as a progressive conductive or mixed hearing loss; maybe tinnitus

Fluctuating, progressive hearing loss; incapacitating vertigo; feeling of pressure or fullness

Manifestations include otalgia, fever and hearing loss

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12. Match the following

Contains the ear's self cleaning mechanism

Collects sound waves and directs vibrations into the external auditory canal

Pearly gray; protects the middle ear and conducts sound vibrations from the external canal to the ossicles

Includes the malleus, incus, stapes

Send balance and equilibrium messages to the brain

Transforms mechanical energy into neural activity and seperates sounds into different frequencies

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13. Match the following dignostic instuments:

Single most important diagnostic instrument; earphones with different tones

Electrodes placed on pt's forehead; electrophysiologic measurements

Measures middle ear muscle reflex

Used to investigate postural control capabilities (balance, vertigo)

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1. Clear fluid is draining from ear is not normal. Get a doctor STAT.

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2. Tenderness of palpation is normal

3. Progressive hearing loss

4. Match the types of hearing losses:

5. Match the following problems with thier treatments

6. Match the following ear tests:

7. Abnormal inner ear fluid balance caused by malabsorption of the endolymphatic sac or blockage of the endolymphatic duct

8. Match the results of the Weber test

9. Match the following

10. Nursing managment when communicating with the hearing impaired:

11. Match the following manifestations with thier name

12. Match the following

13. Match the following dignostic instuments: