A&P Ear Disorders Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Define Tinnitus | Ringing in the ears |
| Term for dizziness | Vertigo |
| Define Anacusis | Lack of hearing |
| Age related lose of hearing acuity is known as | Prebycusis |
| What is Otosclerosis | Stapes hardening over time |
| Removal of the stapes is known as | Stapedectomy |
| What is the procudure for a Stapedectomy or removal of the stapes | Soft plastic implant is put in place of the spongy covered bone of the stapes |
| What is Meniere's Syndrome | Infammation of the inner ear |
| Can infalammation of the inner ear known as Meniere's Syndrome be recurrent | Yes |
| Symptoms of Meniere's | Explosive attacks of vertigo, Nausea and Vomiting, Intermitent hearing loss, Tinnitus (ringing in the ears), Otalgia (ear ache). |
| What is used to Treat Meniere's | Steroids |
| What is Auditory Agnosia | A lack of understanding sounds |
| How does Auditory Agnosia happen | Caused by a stroke or tumor |
| When Auditory Agnosia happens what does it do to a person | there is damage to Broca's Area - A person hears but it makes no sense |
| What is used to Treat Auditory Agnosia | Antibiotics-Amoxicillin |
| What is Otitis media | Middle ear infection |
| Middle ear infection known as Otitis media usually happens to | The young |
| Color of infected tympanic membrane (eardrum). | Pink or Red |
| How does the eardrum look with fluid behind it | Dull |
| What is the medical term for earache | Otalgia |
| What happens when a Tympanotomy is done | tubes are put in the ear to drain |
| What is Otorrhea | Drainage of the ear |
| What is Myringotomy | Surgical incision of the tympanic membrane. |
| The vestibular nerve leads to the brain from where? | Semi circular canals |
| Decibals = Frequency = | Volume pitch |
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