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| (ot/o, aur/o, auricul/o, aur/i, and or/o) |
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| the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear, also called the labyrinth |
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| a skin-covered cartilaginous flap that projects from the side of the head |
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| earwax lubricates the ear and prevents the entry of foreign particles |
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| tympanic membrane (tympan/o, myring/o), |
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| eardrum, is a shiny, oval, semitransparent membrane that lies at the end of the inner auditory canal, at the entry to the middle ear |
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| bones in the middle ear,malleus, incus, and stapes (staped/o), handle of the malleus is connected to the tympanic membrane. The footplate of the stapes, when it moves, touches the oval window, which leads to the inner ear |
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| auditory tube, or eustachian tube |
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| joins the nasopharynx with the middle ear cavity. provides for an equalization of air pressure between the middle ear and the external atmosphere |
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| bony labyrinth (labyrinth/o) |
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| three parts: the vestibule (vestibul/o), cochlea (cochle/o), and semicircular canals, and a membranous labrynth |
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| a protein-rich fluid inside the membranous labyrinth |
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| the clear fluid separating the bony labyrinth from the membranous labyrinth |
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| a sensitive receptor with hair cells that relay sound waves to auditory nerve fibers |
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| a physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear |
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| The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the ear. |
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| a physician who studies and treats disorders of the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) |
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| Inflammation of the external auditory canal. |
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| Fungal infection of the external auditory meatus, most often by a species of Aspergillus, characterized by pruritis and inflammation |
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| purulent/pus ear discharge |
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| -suffix means ear condition |
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| is a tumor of the glands that secrete ear wax |
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| is a benign tumor that develops from the acoustic nerve and grows in the auditory canal |
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| middle ear infection, usually associated with childhood colds, sore throats, and blockage of the eustachian tube. This disorder is sometimes called tympanitis. |
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| characterized by a sense of fullness in the ear, diminished hearing, pain, and fever |
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| inflammation of the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, |
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| a cystic mass (-oma) of the middle ear composed of epithelial cells and cholesterol (cholest/o). congenital defect or a complicatio of otitis media, enzymes produced damages middle ear |
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| (also called vestibular neuronitis) is an inflammation of the labyrinth |
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| an inflammation of the mastoid bone and cells. |
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| inflam of the ear and the mastoid |
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| A hereditary condition characterized by irregular bone formation in the ossicles of the middle ear, especially of the stapes, resulting causing conductive hearing loss. |
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| The development of bone or of a bony substance. |
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| A chronic inner ear disorder characterized by vertigo, tinnitus, and progressive sensorineural hearing loss.affects the vestibular labyrinth |
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| caused by conditions that interfere with the collection and transmission of sound waves through the outer and middle ear. These conditions include the accumulation of cerumen in the auditory canal, the presence of a foreign body in the ear, and diseases of the middle ear. |
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| is the visual inspection of the structures of the outer and middle ear using a hand-held, lighted magnifying device called an otoscope |
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| An instrument used for inspecting or auscultating the external ear, eardrum, and ossicles of the inner ear. A pneumatic attachment to the otoscope allows evaluation of the eardrum's mobility. |
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| The instrument used in the visual examination of the eustachian tube |
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| may be used to measure hearing acuity |
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| the measurement of the movement of the tympanic membrane. |
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| Method of testing auditory acuity. |
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| the tuning fork is placed alternately near the auditory canal and behind the ear on the mastoid bone. This technique helps to assess both air and bone conduction of sound. |
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| evaluates hearing acuity and helps to establish the degree and severity of hearing loss |
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| an electric device used to measure the sensitivity of hearing by delivering a series of acoustic tones that range from very low to very high frequencies |
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| A graphic record of an individual's thresholds of hearing for various sound frequencies. |
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| an electronic device that amplifies sound used by people with impaired hearing |
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| a device now available for use by those with profound hearing loss.surgically implanted and converts the spoken word to electrical impulses and bypasses the damaged cochlea to stimulate the auditory nerve |
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| Assistive listening devices (ALD) |
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| are devices other than a hearing aid that help the deaf to hear. |
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| is a surgical incision of the tympanum to relieve the pressure and buildup of fluid |
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| Plastic surgery to restore a perforated tympanic membrane by means of grafting. |
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| A surgical procedure to reconstruct the hearing mechanism of the middle ear, including restoration of the membrane of the eardrum. |
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| Otosclerosis is corrected by surgically removing the stapes and replacing it with a prosthesis. The excision of the stapes |
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| Surgical removal of the labyrinth of the ear. |
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| (surgical removal of the mastoid cells or the mastoid process of the temporal bone), |
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| (surgical incision of the mastoid process of the temporal bone |
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| refers to the mastoid process behind the ear |
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