Ears
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JudeLeonard on October 5, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ears related health Hx | surgery, trauma, child infections, pain drainage, hearing loss, occupation, vertigo, tinnitus, medications. |
| Inspection of External Ear (Normal) | aligned c palpebral fissure, non tender, smooth. Overall symmetrical |
| Inspection of the External Ear (Abnormal) | Uenitourinary malformations (low set ears) erythema/edema/lesions/ |
| Darwins Turbernalce | pointy ears |
| Before using Otoscope check: | Swelling narrowing of canal, foreign bodies, or discharge |
| Adult Otoscope form: | pull- Up, Out, Back |
| Child Otoscope form: | pull- Out, Down, Back |
| Normal Cerumen | grey to amber black |
| Abnormal Cerumen | impacted, sticky yellow, lesions, erythema, tenderness |
| Tympanic Membrane | pearly gray, shiny, translucent Small flutter when swallowing |
| Tympanic membrane Landmarks | iInner ear bones easily visible Cone light reflex 5oclock R Cone light reflex 7oclock L |
| Gross Hearing Test example | "Whisper Test" pt puts a finger in one ear and nurse covers mouth and stands behind and off to the side and whispers 2-3 syllable words (Normal) pt can accurately repeat |
| AC vs. BC | Air Conduction versus Bone Conduction |
| Webber Test | Tuning Fork in center of head. (Conductive Loss) sound lateralizes and is heard better in deaf ear. (Perceptive Loss) sound is heard better in good ear |
| Rinne Test | (note time start and stop) Tuning fork to mastoid (BC) Note time sound disappears. Switch immediately to AC near ear. Note time pt can no longer hear sound. |
| Rinne Test normal limits | AC>BC 2:1 |
| Conductive Loss | BC>AC |
| Perceptive Loss | AC=BC or > overall time is less than normal time |
| Pediatric Variations | Foreign bodies found in ears Otitis Media (needs tubes) Otitis externa (swimmers ear) |
| OA Variations | tympanic membrane may be dull and retracted -Presbycusis (agre related) hearing loss -high tone hearing loss (whispers) |
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