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Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| audiogram | record produced by an audiometer |
| audiometer | instrument, for measuring hearing |
| audiometry | procedure, measures hearing |
| otoscope | instrument, looks in ear |
| otoscopy | procedure, examining the ear |
| pneumatic otoscopy | procedure, examination of the ear using air |
| salpingoscope | instrument, examination of eustachian tubes |
| tympanometry | procedure, measures ear drum |
| audiologist | hearing specialist |
| aural | pertaining to ear |
| otolaryngologist | ears and throat specialist |
| otorhinolaryngologist | ears, nose, throat specialist |
| otosteal | pertaining to bones of the ear |
| salpingopharyngeal | pertaining to eustachian tubes and throat |
| ceruminoma | benign tumor of cerumen-secreting glands of ear |
| ceruminosis | excessive formation of ear wax |
| macrotia | abnormally large ears |
| microtia | abnormally small ears |
| optopyorrhea | discharge, pus from ears |
| otosclerosis | hearing loss, by hardening of bones in middle ear |
| tympanic perforation | tear, hole in ear drum |
| tympanosclerosis | hardening of ear drum |