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Questions and CORRECT Answers
The MOST common cause of sudden loss of hearing at 4000Hz is:
A. Presbycusis
B. Noise Induced
C. Acoustic Trauma
D. Acoustic Neuroma - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Acoustic Trauma
During the course of taking a care history, which if the following is LEAST important?
A. Any unilateral tinnitus experienced
B. Any vertigo symptoms
C. Concussion in the previous six months
D. Sudden hearing loss - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Concussion in the previous six
months
Younger mother comes I'm concerned that her hearing has gone down. And taking her history,
it's found that her mother also developed a hearing loss after the birth of her first child. What
would be the MOST probable ideology of this problem?
A. Cholesteatoma
B. Otitis media
C. Ménière's disease
D. Otosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Otosclerosis
Which of the following conditions would NOT be a concern in establishing a pure tone, air
conduction threshold?
A. Collapsed eternal auditory meatus
B. Congenital atresia
C. Otosclerosis
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The MOST common cause of sudden loss of hearing at 4000Hz is:
A. Presbycusis
B. Noise Induced
C. Acoustic Trauma
D. Acoustic Neuroma - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Acoustic Trauma
During the course of taking a care history, which if the following is LEAST important?
A. Any unilateral tinnitus experienced
B. Any vertigo symptoms
C. Concussion in the previous six months
D. Sudden hearing loss - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Concussion in the previous six
months
Younger mother comes I'm concerned that her hearing has gone down. And taking her history,
it's found that her mother also developed a hearing loss after the birth of her first child. What
would be the MOST probable ideology of this problem?
A. Cholesteatoma
B. Otitis media
C. Ménière's disease
D. Otosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Otosclerosis
Which of the following conditions would NOT be a concern in establishing a pure tone, air
conduction threshold?
A. Collapsed eternal auditory meatus
B. Congenital atresia
C. Otosclerosis