Diseases of the Ear — Flashcards

_____ used in mastoid surgery to explore the air cells with one end and to curette the intervening septa and granulations with the other.

Aging causes changes in the external ear resonance, -----reasing its amplitude.

_____ is a non-suppurative condition resulting from the failure of the eustachian tube to maintain middle ear pressure at ambient atmospheric level.

Toynbee's test is used to check eustachean tube _____

_____ abscess, can occur as a complication of mastoiditis, which forms posterior to the mastoid, occupying a position more towards the occipital bone

Cartwheel TM is seen in the stage of _____ of ASOM

Pulsation sign/Brown sign is seen in intratympanic _____

In _____, the fluid is clear hence one can see the structures of the middle ear quite clearly.

Most commonly affected organ in blast injury is the _____

Hearing loss is usually _____ type in otitic barotrauma