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