Chapter 16 (Ears)

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Tophi

-contain uric acid crystals

Otitis Externa

-redness, swelling, itching of the outer ear

Frostbite

-pale, blue ear color

Mastoiditis

-tenderness over the mastoid process

Otitis Media

-tenderness behind the ear

Skull Trauma

-bloody or water drainage in ear canal

Conductive Hearing Loss

-blocking the view of external ear canal

Exostoses

-nonmalignant nodular swellings

Polyps

-blocks the view of the ear drum

Serous Otitis Media

-yellowish, bulging membrane with bubbles behind

White Spots

-scarring from infections

Perforations

-trauma from infection

4-10 cm

normal size of ears

Microtia I

less than 4-10 cm?

Anotia

wala juy ear

Conductive Hearing Loss

if dili kadungog sa outer ear

-bone conduction

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

-if fili kadungog sa inner ear

Presbycusis

-a gradual sensorineural hearing loss

Weber’s Test

-test that is lateralization of sounds

Rinne’s Test

-test that compares with bone conduction

-AC is greater than BC

Blue/ Dark Red Tympanic Membrane

-blood behind ear drum due to trauma