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| ringing in your ear (caused by aspirin overdose) |
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| Parts of the external ear |
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| helix, antihelix, tragus, lobule, mastoid process & external canal |
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| tympanic membrane & ossicles & bones of middle ear-malleus, incus, staples |
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| Eustachian tube in infants |
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| horizontal-higher chance of getting an ear infection (don’t have them lie down when feeding breast milk or bottle fed) |
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| vestibular apparatus & cochlear |
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| Hearing pathways AC:BC = _:_ |
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| Air conduction (AC) : bone conduction (BC) = 2:1 |
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| problem with bones in the middle ear and inner ear |
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| sensorineural hearing loss |
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| problem with cranial nerve |
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| both conductive and sensory loss |
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| loss of hearing as you age seen in 65-70 and up |
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| problem with the stapes (doesn’t transmit) –seen in 20-30 yr. olds |
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| how do you hold the otoscope? |
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adult-pinna up and back
infant up to 3 y.o.a-pinna down |
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color in ear-red
as well as bulging TM |
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color in ear-yellow tinge
as well as fluid or air bubbles |
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| external otitis-swelling of external ear canal, inflammation, tenderness, decreased lumen |
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| stand at the side of the person, have them move their ear back and forth on the opposite ear so they cant hear through it and whisper to them |
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| put watch near ear and see if they can hear it |
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| put hair between your fingers and go back and forth to see if they can hear it |
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whisper words while covering your mouth
Need to do all 24 and if they say what don’t repeat the word
If they miss 3 or more-refer them to further testing |
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Tuning Fork Test
(what 2 tests) |
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measure hearing through air or bone conduction
Weber and Rinne test |
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place vibrating tuning fork on midline of skull & ask if cl. Hears equally bil.
Conductive loss-sound heard best in affected ear (bad ear)
Sensorineural loss-sound heard best in unaffected ear (good ear) |
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place vibrating tuning fork on mastoid process until pt. no longer hears it, then in front of ear until pt. doesn’t hear it any longer. Repeat on other ear
Nl- AC:BC=2:1 (+Rinne)
Abnl: AC=BC or nearly = (seen in conductive loss)
Abnl: AC:BC less than 2:1 (seen in sensorineural loss) |
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| ear exam (how intrusive is it?) |
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| very intrusive! perform last (as well as throat) |
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