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| pertaining to the eye or vision |
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| process of measuring vision |
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| term referring to inversion (turning inward) of the eyelid |
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| inward turning of the eye; an example of a form of strabismus (muscle weakness of the eye) |
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| outward turning of the eye; also an example of strabismus (muscle weakness of the eye) |
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| difficulty seeing in dim light; usually due to damaged rods |
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| specialist in grinding corrective lenses |
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| a doctor of optometry specializing in testing visual acuity and prescribing corrective lenses |
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| papilledema or choked disk |
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| swelling of the optic disk; often as a result of increased intraocular pressure |
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| visual loss due to old age, resulting in difficulty in focusing for near vision (such as reading) |
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| eye examination performed to determine and correct refractive errors in the eye |
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| defect in the ability of the eye to accurately focus the image that is hitting it; occurs in farsightedness and nearsightedness |
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| the size of the area perceived by one eye when it is stationary |
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| condition of color blindness -- unable to perceive one or more colors; more common in males |
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| loss of vision not as a result of eye pathology; usually occurs in patients who see two images; in order to see only one image, the brain will no longer recognize the image being sent to it by one of the eyes; may occur if strabismus is not corrected; this condition is not treatable with a prescription lens; commonly referred to as lazy eye |
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| a condition in which light rays are focused unevenly on the retina, which causes a distorted image, due to an abnormal curvature of the cornea |
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| in this condition, the upper eyelid increases in size due to a loss of elasticity, which is followed by swelling and recurrent edema of the lids; the skin may droop over the edges of the eyes when the eyes are open |
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| damage to the lens causing it to become opaque or cloudy, resulting in diminished vision; treatment is usually surgical removal |
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| small hard tumor or mass, similar to a sebaceous cyst, developing on the eyelids, may require incision and drainage (I&D) |
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| scraping injury to the cornea; if it does not heal, it may develop into an ulcer |
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| these small hemorrhages and edema in the eye develop in the retina as a result of diabetes mellitus; laser surgery and vitrectomy may be necessary for treatment |
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| increase in intraocular pressure, which, if intreated, may result in atrophy (wasting away) of the optic nerve and blindness; it is treated with medication and surgery; there is an increased risk of developing it in persons over 60 years of age, in people of African ancestry, in persons who have sustained a serious eye injury, and in anyone with a family history of diabetes or this conition |
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| loss of vision in half of the visual field; a stroke patient may suffer from this disorder |
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| refers to a stye (or sty), a small purulent inflammatory infection of a sebaceous gland of the eye; treated with hot compresses and surgical incision |
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| with this condition a person can see things in the distance but has trouble reading material at close range; also known as farsightedness; this condition is corrected with converging or biconvex lenses |
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| deterioration of the macular area of the retina of the eye; may be treated with laser surgery to destroy the blood vessels beneath the macula |
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| unable to perceive one color |
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| with this condition a person can see things close up but distance vision is blurred; also known as nearsightedness; this condition is corrected with diverging or biconcave lenses |
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| jerky-appearing involuntary eye movements, usually left and right; often an indication of brain injury |
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| a common term for conjunctivitis |
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| occurs when the retina becomes separated from the choroid layer; this separation seriously damages blood vessels and nerves, resulting in blindness |
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| progressive disease of the eye that results in the retina becoming hard (sclerosed) and pigmented (colored), and atrophying (wasting away); there is no known cure for this condition |
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| a malignant eye tumor that occurs in children, usually under the age of 3; requires enucleation |
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| an eye muscle weakness resulting in the eyes looking in different directions at the same time; may be corrected with glasses, eye exercises, and/or surgery |
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| chronic infectious disease of the conjunctiva and cornea caused by bacteria; occurs more commonly in people living in hot, dry climates; untreated, it may lead to blindness when the scarring invades the cornea; can be treated with antibiotics |
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| use of polychromic (multicolored) charts to determine the ability of the patient to recognize color |
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| process of injecting a dye (fluorescein) to observe the movement of blood and detect lesions in the macular area of the retina; used to determine if there is a detachment of the retina |
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| applying dye eyedrops that are a bright green fluorescent color; used to look for corneal abrasions or ulcers |
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| use of an instrument called a gonioscope to examine the anterior chamber of the eye and determine ocular mobility and rotation |
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| measurement of the curvature of the cornea using an instrument called a keratometer |
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| examination of the interior of the eyes using an instrument called an ophthalmoscope; the physician dilates the pupil in order to see the cornea, lens, and retina; used to identify abnormalities in the blood vessels of the eye and some systemic diseases |
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| instrument used in ophthalmology for examining the posterior surface of the cornea |
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| chart used for testing distance vision; it contains letters of varying size and it is administered from a distance of 20 feet; a person who can read at 20 feet what the average person can read at this distance is said to have 20/20 vision |
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| measurement of the intraocular pressure of the eye using a tonometer to check for the condition of glaucoma; after a local anesthetic is applied, the physician places the tonometer lightly on the eyeball and a pressure measurement is taken; generally part of a normal eye exam for adults |
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| measurement of the sharpness of a patient's vision; usually a Snellen's chart is used for this test in which the patient identifies letters from a distance of 20 feet |
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| procedure in which cataract is lifted from the lens with an extremely cold probe |
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| surgical fixation of the retina by using extreme cold |
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| surgical removal of the eyeball |
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| surgical repair of the cornea (corneal transplant) |
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| laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) |
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| correction of myopia using laser surgery to remove corneal tissue |
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| the use of a laser beam to destroy very small precise areas of the retina; may be used to treat retinal detachment or macular degeneration |
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| use of high-frequency sound waves to emulsify (liquefy) a lens with a cataract, wich is then aspirated (removed by suction) with a needle |
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| use of a laser to reshape the cornea and correct errors of refraction |
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| spoke-like incisions around the cornea that result in it becoming flatter; a surgical treatment for myopia |
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| placing a band of silicone around the outside of the sclera, which stabilizes a detaching retina |
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| incision into the eye muscles in order to correct strabismus |
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| anesthetic ophthalmic solution |
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| eyedrops for pain relief associated with eye infections and corneal abrasions |
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| antibiotic ophthalmic solution |
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| eyedrops for the treatment of bacterial eye infections |
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| a group of drugs that reduce intraocular pressure by lowering the amount of aqueous humor in the eyeball; may achieve this by either reducing the production of aqueous humor or increasing its outflow |
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| medications, many of them over the counter, to treat dry eyes |
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| drug that paralyzes the ciliary body; particularly useful during eye examinations and eye surgery |
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| any substance that causes the pupil to constrict |
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| any substance that causes the pupil to dilate; particularly useful during eye examinations and eye surgery |
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| age-related macular degeneration |
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| extracapsular cataract extraction |
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| emmetropia (normal vision) |
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| intracapsular cataract extraction |
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| pupils equal, round, react to light and accommodation |
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| without correction or glasses |
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| pertaining to the cochlea |
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| excision of the labyrinth |
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| instrument to view inside the ear |
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| process of viewing inside the ear |
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| surgical repair of the (external) ear |
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| eustachian tube inflammation |
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| incision into eustachian tube |
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| pertaining to the eardrum |
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| instrument to measure eardrum |
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| nonverbal method of communicating in which the hands and fingers are used to indicate words and concepts; used by both persons who are deaf and persons with speech impairments |
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| measures the intensity or loudness of a sound; zero decibels is the quietest sound measured and 120 is the loudest sound commonly measured |
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| use of various hand and finger shapes and positions that represent the written alphabet; these positions can be strung together to form words |
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| measurement of the frequency or pitch of sound; the lowest pitch on an audiogram is 250; the measurement can go as high as 8000, which is the highest pitch measured |
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| person with training in areas such as sign language, fingerspelling, and speech, who can transmit verbal or written messages to people with hearing impairments |
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| a physician who specializes in the treatment of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat |
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| otorhinolaryngology (ENT) |
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| branch of medicine that treats diseases of the ear, nose, and throat |
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| normal loss of hearing that can accompany the aging process |
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| amount of hearing that is still present after damage has occurred to the auditory mechanism |
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| translation of English into signs; ASL is used in combination with other sign languages and fingerspelling to correspond exactly to the spoken English |
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| speechreading or lipreading |
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| ability to watch a person's mouth and word formation during speaking to interpret what they are saying |
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| benign tumor of the eighth cranial nerve sheath; the pressure causes symptoms such as tinnitus, headache, dizziness, and progressive hearing loss |
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| total absence of hearing; inability to perceive sound |
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| the inability to hear or having some degree of hearing impairment |
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| loss of hearing sufficient to interfere with a person's ability to communicate |
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| also referred to as an inner ear infection; may affect both the hearing and equilibrium portions of the inner ear |
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| abnormal condition within the labyrinth of the inner ear that can lead to a progressive loss of hearing; the symptoms are dizziness or vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus (ringing in the ears) |
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| external ear infection; most commonly caused by fungus; also called otomycosis and commonly referred to as swimmer's ear |
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| commonly referred to as a middle ear infection; seen frequently in children; often preceded by an upper respiratory infection; fluid accumulates in the middle ear cavity; the fluid may be watery or full of pus |
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| loss of mobility of the stapes bone, leading to progressive hearing loss |
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| test of hearing ability by determining the lowest and highest intensity (decibels) and frequencies (hertz) that a person can distinguish; the patient may sit in a soundproof booth and receive sounds through earphones as the technician decreases the sound or lowers the tones |
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| test used to observe balance and equilibrium; the patient is observed balancing on one foot, then with one foot in front of the other, and then walking forward with eyes open; the same test is conducted with the patient's eyes closed; swaying and falling with the eyes closed can indicate an ear and equilibrium malfunction |
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| audiometer reading in decibels (dB) corresponding to the listener's hearing threshold ratio that corresponds to the softest sound the listener can hear |
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| use of a lighted otoscope to examine the auditory canal and middle ear |
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| Rinne and Weber tuning-fork tests |
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| the physician holds a tuning fork, which is an instrument that produces a constant pitch when it is struck, against or near the bones on the side of the head; these tests assess both nerve and bone conduction of sound |
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| measurement of the movement of the tympanic membrane; can indicate the presence of pressure in the middle ear |
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| amplification device or hearing aid |
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| used to increase certain sounds for people with hearing impairments |
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| mechanical device surgically placed under the skin behind the outer ear (pinna) that converts sound signals into magnetic impulses to stimulate the auditory nerve; can be beneficial for those with profound sensorineural hearing loss |
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| hearing aid or amplification device |
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| apparatus or mechanical device used by persons with impaired hearing to amplify sound |
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| surgical puncture of the eardrum with removal of fluid and pus from the middle ear to eliminate a persistent ear infection and excessive pressure on the tympanic membrane; a polyethylene tube is placed in the tympanic membrane to allow for drainage of the middle ear cavity |
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| corrective surgery to change the size of the external ear or pinna; the surgery can either enlarge or decrease the size of the pinna |
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| examination of the ear canal, eardrum, and outer ear using the otoscope; foreign material can be removed from the ear canal with this procedure |
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| polyethylene tube (PE tube) |
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| small tube surgically placed in a child's eardrum to assist in drainage of infection |
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| removal of the stapes bone to treat otosclerosis (hardening nof the bone); a prosthesis or artificial stapes may be implanted |
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| another term for the surgical reconstruction of the eardrum; also called myringoplasty |
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| eardrops to treat otitis externa |
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| some types of these medications are effective in treating the nausea associated with vertigo |
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| anti-inflammatory otic solution |
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| reduces inflammation, itching, and edema associated with otitis externa |
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| oral antibiotics are required to treat otitis media and labyrinthitis because the tympanic membrane prevents eardrops from reaching the middle ear cavity |
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| partial ossicular replacement prosthesis |
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