Chapter 14
The abbreviation for electrocochleography is
ECOG.
A patient with OM has a problem with his outer ear.
False
Otopyorrhea is a bloody discharge from the ear.
False
Presbyopia is a type of hearing loss common in old age.
False
The T in TM stands for "throat."
False
The medical term for pain in the ear is otitis.
False
The tympanic membrane is between the middle and inner ear.
False
Tinnitus is an abnormal sensation of movement
False
A chronic condition of the inner ear characterized by vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus is
Ménière's disease
The abbreviation for the eardrum is
TM (tympanic membrane)
A chronic condition of the inner ear characterized by vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus is Ménière's disease.
True
A term that means the same as myringostomy is tympanostomy.
True
Acoustic neuroma is also called vestibular schwannoma.
True
Diagnostic audiology is a diagnostic study of an individual's ability to hear.
True
Diplacusis is the perception of a single sound being two.
True
Inflammation of the middle ear is otitis media.
True
Otoplasty is surgically forming all or part of the ear
True
Otorrhagia is the rapid discharge of blood from one or both ears.
True
Sanguineous otitis media means that there is a bloody discharge with the middle ear inflammation.
True
Surgically forming part or all of the eardrum is a tympanoplasty.
True
Surgically forming part or all of the stirrup-shaped bone of the ear is a stapedoplasty
True
The cochlea is an organ of hearing.
True
The fluid surrounding the inner labyrinth is called perilymph
True
The fluid within the membranous labyrinth is termed endolymph.
True
The labyrinth is the inner ear.
True
The term for earwax is cerumen
True
The utricle and the saccule of the inner ear function to determine the body's static (nonmoving) equilibrium.
True
Tympanotomy and myringotomy are terms for the same procedure.
True
Inflammation of the vestibular nerve is called vestibular ____________________.
Vestibular Neuronitis
An abnormal stiffening of the tiny bones of the ear is
ankylosis of ear ossicles
The process of measuring hearing is
audiometry.
The opening of the auditory canal is called
auditory meatus
The outer ear is termed the pinna, or
auricle.
Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the cartilage of the external ear, which may lead to the deformity known as "cauliflower ear," is
auricular perichondritis.
A benign tumor of the glands that produce earwax is a(n)
ceruminoma.
A cystic mass comprising epithelial cells and cholesterol is a(n
cholesteatoma
A cystic mass of epithelial cells and cholesterol in the epitympanic recess is known as
cholesteatoma of attic.
An implanted device that electrically stimulates the cochlea is
cochlear implant
Hearing loss resulting from damage to, or malformation of, the middle or outer ear is called
conductive hearing loss
The diagnostic study of an individual's ability to hear is called
diagnostic audiology.
Otics
drugs applied directly to the external ear canal.
Inflammation of the eustachian tube is
eustachian salpingitis.
A bony growth of the ear, usually resulting from chronic irritation, is called
exostosis of external ear
Intermittent hearing loss resulting from a lack of blood supply to the ear is transient ___________ deafness.
ischemic
nflammation of the inner ear is
labyrinthitis
The small, hard projection of the temporal bone that is full of air cells is the
mastoid process
Inflammation of the eardrum caused by a bacterial or viral infection is
myringitis.
The three tiny bones in the middle ear are called the
ossicles
The term for cutting out part or all of the ossicles of the ear is
ossiculectomy
The medical term for an earache is
otalgia
Inflammation of the pinna/auricle is known as
otitis externa.
Surgically forming part or all of the ear is termed
otoplasty
Discharge from the auditory canal is called
otorrhea
Development of bone around the oval window is called
otosclerosis
Drug-induced hearing loss is termed ____________________ hearing loss.
ototoxic
The medical term meaning "surgical puncture of the eardrum to drain fluids" is
paracentesis of tympanum.
The medical term for a puncture of the eardrum is
perforation of tympanic membrane
The connective tissue that covers and surrounds elastic cartilage is the
perichondrium.
Inflammation of the petrous portion of the temporal bone is called
petrositis
A middle ear infection with clear fluid discharge is called
serous OM (otitis media)
Ceruminolytics
soften and break down earwax
Releasing the stapes to restore hearing is ____________________.
stapediolysis
A narrowing of the auditory canal that develops after birth is acquired
stenosis of external ear canal.
Inflammation of the middle ear caused by an infection is called
suppurative OM.
The middle ear contains ____________ bone(s)
three
Ringing heard in one or both ears is
tinnitus.
Measuring the eardrum is
tympanometry.
An abnormal hardening of the eardrum is
tympanosclerosis.
Another term for a myringostomy is ____________________.
tympanostomy
Surgically making an opening through the eardrum to promote drainage and/or allow the introduction of artificial tubes to maintain the opening is
tympanostomy