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Bonewit chapter 6
eye and ear asssessment and procedures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Audiometer | an instrument used to measure hearing acuity quantitatively for the various frequencies of sound waves. |
| Canthus | the junction of the eyelids at either corner of the eye |
| Cerumen | ear wax |
| Hyperopia | farsightedness |
| Impacted | wedged firmly together so as to be immovable |
| Instillation | the dropping of a liquid into a body cavity |
| Irrigation | the washing of a body canal with a flowing solution |
| Myopia | nearsidedness |
| Otoscope | an instrument used to examine the external ear canal and tympanic membrane |
| Presbyopia | a decrease in the elasticity of the lens that occours with aging,resulting in a decreased ability to focus on close thigs |
| Refraction | the deflection or bending of light reays by a lens |
| Tympanic membrane | a thin,semitransparent membrane between the external ear canal and the middle ear that receives and transmits sound waves.Also known as the eardrumb |