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AMT Recall Ear
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the outer ear/pinna | auricle |
| related to both ears | binaural |
| referring to sound perception in one ear | monoaural |
| cholesteatoma | tumor like mass filled with cholesterol and epithelial cells |
| minimal loss of hearing as compared to total or extensive deafness | hearing impairment |
| sensation of whirling and loss of balance especially when looking down from great height or caused by disease such as Meniere’s | vertigo |
| ringing/buzzing in ears | tinnitis |
| a surgical operation in which a new opening is formed, especially in the bony labyrinth of the inner ear to treat certain types of deafness | fenestration |
| incision into eardrum | myringotomy |
| inflammation of inner ear (maze) | labyrinthitis |
| surgery to repair hole in eardrum with a graft | myringoplasty |
| instrument to examine the eardrum | myringoscope |
| hearing loss associated with aging | prebyscusis |
| earache | otalgia |
| ear stone | otolith |
| fungaal ear inrection | otomycosis |
| otosclerosis | Hardening (stiffening) condition of the ear structures characterized by progressive deafness |
| discharge/flow of pus from ear | pyorrhea |