SHS 561 Final Study Guide

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about hearing disorders, their symptoms, and management strategies.

Cholesteatoma

Unilateral hearing loss in the middle ear causing conductive hearing loss with aural fullness.

Labyrinthitis

Unilateral, abrupt SNHL with intense vertigo, high pitched ringing tinnitus, and aural fullness.

Vestibular Schwannoma

Unilateral, slow-progressing SNHL with high pitched ringing tinnitus and dizziness without vertigo.

Vestibular Neuritis

Unilateral, sudden onset vertigo without hearing loss. Nystagmus towards unaffected ear.

Rammsay Hunt

Unilateral SNHL with facial palsy and a red rash.

Meniere's Disease

Unilateral fluctuating low-frequency HL progressing to flat HL with low pitched roaring tinnitus, episodic vertigo, and aural fullness.

Sudden SN Idiopathic HL

Unilateral sudden SNHL with high-pitched ringing tinnitus.

Otitis Media

Can start unilateral, usually ends up bilateral. Conductive HL in the middle ear with redness, pain, fluid, ear pressure, and hearing loss.

Otosclerosis

Bilateral, initially LF conductive loss progressing to severe conductive loss with Carhart's notch.

Ototoxicity

Bilateral, begins as HF SNHL before progressing to LF. Constant, high-pitched ringing tinnitus.

Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease

Bilateral fluctuating HL turning to rapidly progressive SNHL improved with steroids. Fluctuating ringing tinnitus, aural fullness, and general imbalance; may have vertigo or dizziness.

Measles

Bilateral profound SNHL with no recovery, accompanied by cough, fever, runny nose, and rash.

CMV

Either unilateral or bilateral SNHL of varying severity. Microcephaly, reduced birth weight, jaundice, retinitis, seizure.

Cerumen

Either unilateral or bilateral conductive HL with aural fullness, autophonia, and itching.

Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence

Either unilateral or bilateral pseudo-conductive hearing loss. Autophonia, dizziness with loud sounds (Tulio Phenomenon) and pressure (Hennebert's Sign). Pulsatile tinnitus.