Question | Answer |
One who specializes in disorders of hearing | audiologist |
The study of hearing disorders | audiology |
An instrument used to measure hearing | audiometer |
Measurment of the hearing senses | audiometry |
An instrument that conveys sound to the auditory nerve through teeth or bone | audiphone |
Pertaining to the sense of hearing | auditory |
Pertaining to the ear | aural |
The external portion of the known as the flap | auricle |
Pertaining to both ears | biaural |
Earwax | cerumen |
A tumor-like mass filled with epithelial cells and cholesterol | cholesteatoma |
Portion of the inner ear shapes like a snail shell | cochlea |
Complete or partial loss of the ability to hear | deafness |
Organ of hearing and equillibrium | ear |
A recording of the electrical activity produced when cochlea is stimulated | electrocochleography |
Pertaining ti within the ear | endaural |
Clear fluid contained within the labyrinth | endolymph |
A state of balance | equillibrium |
A narrow tube between the middle ear and the throat. | eustachian tube |
Surgical operation in which a new opening is made in the labyrinth of the inner ear | fenestration |
The anvil, the middle of the three ossicles | incus |
The inner ear; made up of the vestibule, cochlea and semicircular canals | labyrinth |
Surgical excision of the labyrinth | labyrinthectomy |
Inflammation of the labyrinth | labyrinthitis |
Incision of the labyrinth | labyrinthotomy |
The hammer, the largest of the three ossicles | malleus |
Pain in the mastoid | mastoidalgia |
Inflammation of the mastoid | mastoiditis |
A disease of the inner ear (labyrinth) that has recurring symptoms | Meniere's diseases |
Pertaining to one ear | monaural |
Surgical excision of the tympanic membrane | myringectomy |
Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane | myringoplasty |
An instrument used to measure the eardrum | myringoscope |
An instrument used for cutting the eardrum | myringotomy |
Small bone (malleus, incus or stapes) | ossicle |
Pertaining to the ear | otic |
Inflammation of the ear | otitis |
Inflammation ofthe middle ear | otitis media |
Pain in the ear; earache | otodynia |
One who specializes in the study of the ear and larnyx | otolaryngologist |
The study of the ear an larnyx | otolaryngology |
Ear stone | otolith |
A fungus condition of the ear | otomycosis |
The study of ear conditions with nerve complications | otoneurology |
Pertaining to the ear and pharnyx | otopharngeal |
Surgical repair of the ear | otoplasty |
Flow of pus from the ear | otopyorrhea |
The study of the ear, nose and larnyx | otorhinolarngology |
A hardening condition of the ear characterized by progressive deafness | otosclerosis |
An instrument used to examine the ear | otoscope |
Membrane in the middle ear into which fits the footplate of the stapes | oval window |
Serum fluid of the inner ear | perilymph |
Impairment of hearing in old age | presbycusis |
A hearing test made with a tuning fork to compare bone conduction | Rinne test |
Surgical excision of the stapes in the ear | stapedectomy |
The stirrup, the innermost of the ossicles | stapes |
A ringing or jingling sound in the ear | tinnitus |
Surgical excision of the tympanic membrane | tympanectomy |
Pertaining to the eardrumtympanic | Pertaining to the eardrum |
An electronic thermometer that is used to determine core body temperature | tympanic thermometer |
Inflammation of the tympanic membrane | tympanitis |
Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane | tympanoplasty |
A small sac-like structure of the labyrinth of the inner ear | utricle |
Dizziness, light-headedness, caused by a disturbance of the equillibrium organs in the labyrinth | vertigo |