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Q. Where will noise lateralize to in Conductive Hearing Loss?
Noise will lateralize to the affected ear.
Q. Where will noise lateralize to in Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
Lateralize to the non-affected ear.
Q. Actinic Keratosis has what type of border? What is it a sign of?
1. Pearly border. 2. Basal cell carcinoma
Q. Key differentiation of AOM from OME?
AOM: usually bulging
OME: Typically retracted or neutral position
Q. Mobility Eustachian Tube Dysfunction and OME?
Movement only with negative pressure
Q. Mobility with Acute Otitis Media?
Impaired movement with both positive and negative pressure
Q. Multiple perforations and otorrhea with negative bacterial culture what should you consider?
Consider TB
Q. RECURRENT OME IN ADULTS what should you consider?
EVALUATE FOR NASOPHARYNGIAL MASS
Q. If fever greater than 40C (104F), what should be evaluated?
Bacteremia
Q. Intracranial complications of Acute Otitiis Media include?
Meningitis, encephalitis, brain abscess
Q. Name three ANTI-BACTERIAL botanicals?
Allium sativa, Berberis, Hydrastis
Q. Name three ANTI-VIRAL Herbs?
Glycerrhiza, Melissa, Allium
Q. Name three Nervine Herbs?
Melissa, Hypericum, Lavender
Q. Name three Anti-inflammatory herbs?
Elderberry, Calendula, Hypericum
Q. Name three Febrifuge Herb?
Chamomile, Andrographis, Tillia
Q. name three Lymphagogue Herbs?
Gallium, Phytolacca, Baptisia
Q. When should you Re-evaluate to examine for middle ear perforation?
4-6 weeks
Q. Name 4 organisms involved in acute mastoditis?
1. Strep pneumoniae,
2. S pyogenes,
3. S aureus,
4. B-hemolytic Strep group A (immigrants r/o TB)
Q. What type of study is best in a intracranial complication?
CT Scan
Q. Fever and LOA are 2 big signs of what condition?
Bullous Myringitis
Q. If you puncture the TM with Myringitis will the patient feel better or worse?
BETTER
Q. A cyst-like mass of desquamating epithelial cells and debris, including cholesterol is usually a sign of.
CHOLESTEATOMA
Q. What are SXM of labyrinthitis? Name 3 Signs of Labyrinthitis?
Vertigo & Nausea.

1. Positive Fistula Test
2. Nystagmus to opposite side
3. Sensorineural deafness
Q. What organisms are usually seen in Labyrinthitis?
Pseudomonas
Q. What is the prognosis of Pars Tensa? What is the prognosis of Pars Flaccida?
1. Better prognosis then central pattern
2. More complications because it can pull the TM and it tends not to heal well
Q. Metabolic bone disease affecting the otic capsule and ossicles, particularly the stapes footplate which may be fixed to oval window and unable to vibrate?
Otosclerosis
Q. How to diagnose otosclerosis?
Audiometric Evaluation
Q. Meniere’s disease, migraine: episodic, constant, aural symptoms?
Episodic with aural symptoms
Q. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, epilepsy, migraine: episodic, constant, aural symptoms?
Episodic without aural sx’s
Q. Chronic otitis media with labyrinthe fistula: episodic, constant, aural symptoms?
Constant with aural symptoms
Q. MS, tumor, CVD, degenerative disorder of the vestibular labyrinth: episodic, constant, aural symptoms?
Constant without aural symptoms
Q. Head injury, labyrinth fistula, viral infection: episodic, constant, aural symptoms?
Solitary acute attack with aural symptom
Q. Vasovagal faint, vestibular neuronitis, trauma: episodic, constant, aural symptoms?
Solitary attack without aural symptoms
Q. Severe transient vertigo precipitated by head movement (seconds following movement) such as extension and lateral rotation. They have No change in hearing?
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Q. Vestibular Neuronitis has what type of origin?
Frequently Viral Origin
Q. Menieres disease usually presents with what 3 SXM?
1. Vertigo
2. Hearing Loss
3. Tinnitis
Q. A benign tumor of CNVIII in the internal auditory canal or cerebellar –pontine angle.
Acoustic Neuroma
Q. Name 3 SXM of Acoustic Neuroma?
1. Sensorineural hearing loss with or without 2. vertigo and 3. facial paralysis.