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presents nasally
right 5 o'clock
left 7 o'clock |
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common cause of conductive hearing loss in young adults 20-40 yrs
gradual hardening - footplate of stapes becomes fixed to oval window - impedes sound, causes progressive deafness |
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hearing loss, 60% of those older than 65 - noise pollution
gradual sensorineural loss caused by nerve degeneration in inner ear - slowly progresses after 5th decade |
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| middle ear infection - most common illness in children - occurs bc obstruction of the eustachian tube or passage of nasopharyngeal secretions into the middle ear |
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gray and flaky
Asians and American Indians |
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honey brown to dark brown
Caucasians and African Americans |
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small painless nodule at the helix
congenital variation and not significant |
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for otoscope move ear
adult
infant/ child under 3 |
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pull pinna up and back
pull pinna straight down |
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| mechanical dysfunction of the external or middle ear - person is able to hear if sound amplitude is high enough - may be caused by impacted cerumen, foreign bodies, perforated tympanic membrane, pus or serum in the middle ear or otosclerosis |
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| sensorineural hearing loss |
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| perceptive - signifies pathology of inner ear, cranial nerve VIII or the auditory areas of the cerebral cortex - amplitude may not make a difference - presbycusis or ototoxic drugs which affect the hair cells in the cochlea |
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| combination of conductive and sensorineural |
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| severe swelling of canal, inflammation, tenderness |
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| otitis media with effusion (OME) |
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amber-yellow drum - suggests serum in the middle ear that transudates to relieve negative pressure from the blocked eustachian tube
feeling of fullnes, transient hearing loss, popping sound with swallowing
aka serous otitis media, glue ear |
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| acute (purulent) otitis media |
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| middle ear fluid is infected - absent light reflex from increasing middle ear pressure is an early sign - redness and bulging of entire drum, earache, fever - then fiery red bulging |
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| dense white patches on the eardrum from repeated ear infections - do not necessarily affect hearing |
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fungal infection
otomycosis |
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| colony of black or white dots on drum or canal wall suggests a yeast or fungal infection |
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