(Questions) - Jersey College Exam
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VIII Vestibucochlear - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Balance and equilibrium are functions of the ________ nerve.
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tympanic membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The external ear is separated from the middle ear by a disk-
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shaped structure called the ________________________.
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auricle (pinna) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The _______ collects the sound waves and directs vibrations in to
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the external auditory canal.
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cerumen (ear wax) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A brown, waxlike substance secreted by ceruminous glands is
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called?
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1 mm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔How wide is the eustacian tube?
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35 mm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔How long is the eustacian tube?
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,It helps to conduct sound vibration. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔What is the function of the tympanic
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membrane?
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pearly grey - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔What color is NORMAL for the tympanic membrane?
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pars tensa - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Approximately 80% of the tympanic membrane is composed of all three
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layers and is called the ___________.
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pars flaccida - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The remaining 20% of the tympanic membrane that lacks the middle
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layer is called ?
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annulus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The fibrous border that attaches the eardrum to the temporal bone ?
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perilymph - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The bony labyrinth surrounds and protects the membranous labyrinth,
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which is bathed in a fluid called ___________.
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hearing
balance and equilirium - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔What are the two functions of the ears?
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eustacian tube - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Helps to equalize pressure in the ear ?
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seborrheic dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A flaky scaliness on or behind the auricle usually indicates
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_____________________ and can be present on the scalp and facial structures as well
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5 mm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The largest speculum that the ear canal can accommodate ____mm.
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,gently irrigate the canal with warm water - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔If the tympanic membrane cannot be
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visualized because of cerumen, the cerumen may be removed how?
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Weber and Rinne tests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Name two tests used to assess a patient's hearing ability.
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Weber test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔This test for hearing uses bone conduction to test lateralization of
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sound. What is it called?
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Rinne test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔This hearing test is done by shifting the stem of a vibrating tuning fork
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between two positions: 2 inches from the opening of the ear canal and against the mastoid bone. As the
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position changes, the patient is asked to indicate which tone is louder or when the tone is no longer
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available. What is it called?
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The Weber Test - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Results of this test are used to determine whether the patient has
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conductive hearing loss or sensorineural hearing loss. Which test?
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air conduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Which type of conduction should be longer for sensiorneural
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hearing loss? Air or Bone?
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TRUE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Conductive hearing loss such as from otosclerosis or otitis media, when
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performing the Weber test the sound lateralizes toward the affected ear T/F?
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Bone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Weber test just does ____ conduction.
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Audiometry confirms a client's chronic progressive hearing loss. Further investigation reveals ankylosis of
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the stapes in the oval window, a condition that prevents sound transmission. This type of hearing loss is
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called a: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔conductive hearing loss
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, frequency, pitch, and intensity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Name three characteristics that are important
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when evaluating hearing.
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frequency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The number of sound waves emanating from a source per second,
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measured as cycles per second, or Hertz.
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20-20,000 Hz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔What is the range of human hearing?
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intensity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Loudness of sound is known as _________.
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decibel (dB) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The unit for measuring loudness, the pressure exerted by sound.
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Hearing loss is measured using this unit.
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0-15 dB - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The normal hearing in decibels ?
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>15-25 dB - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Slight hearing loss in decibels ?
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>25-40 dB - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mild hearing loss in decibels ?
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>40-55 dB - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Moderate hearing loss in decibels ?
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>55-70 dB - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔moderately severe hearing loss in decibels ?
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>70-90 dB - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Severe hearing loss in decibels ?
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>90 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Profound hearing loss in decibels ?
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