Chapter 10 The Ear and Hearing

acoustic

• relating to sound or

  hearing.

• referring to the ear

  or the sense of

  hearing.

• the measuring of

  hearing

• The function of the

  a hollow, spiralshaped

  bone found

  in the inner ear.

aural

• referring to the ear

  or the sense of

  hearing

• relating to sound or

  hearing.

• The function of the

  a hollow, spiralshaped

  bone found

  in the inner ear.

• the measuring of

  hearing

audiometer

• to make deaf

• relating to cochlea

• The function of the

  a hollow, spiralshaped

  bone found

  in the inner ear.

• an instrument used

  for measuring

  hearing.

audiometry

• referring to the ear

  or the sense of

  hearing.

• relating to sound or

  hearing.

• the measuring of

  hearing

• The function of the

  a hollow, spiralshaped

  bone found

  in the inner ear.

cochlea

• inflammation of the

  labyrinth of the

  inner ear.

• The function of the

  a hollow, spiralshaped

  bone found

  in the inner ear.

• partial or complete

  loss of hearing in

  one or both ears.

• partially or

  completely lacking

  in the sense of

  hearing;

deafness

• any discharge from

  the ear

• partial or complete

  loss of hearing in

  one or both ears.

• surgical incision of

  the tympanic

  membrane: eardrum

• abnormal smallness

  of the pinna

  (external ear).

eustachitis

• surgical incision of

  the tympanic

  membrane: eardrum

• abnormal

  enlargement of the

  pinna

• inflammation of the

  auditory tube - a

  tube that connects

  the middle ear to the

  nasopharynx and

  equalizes pressure

  on both sides of the

  eardrum.

• inflammation of the

  labyrinth of the

  inner ear.

labyrinthitis

• the flow of pus from

  the ear

• surgical incision of

  the tympanic

  membrane: eardrum

• abnormal

  enlargement of the

  pinna

• inflammation of the

  labyrinth of the

  inner ear

macrotia

• abnormal

  enlargement of the

  pinna

• surgical incision of

  the tympanic

  membrane: eardrum

• any discharge from

  the ear

• abnormal growth of

  bone of the middle

  ear that causes

  deafness

microtia

• inflammation of the

  labyrinth of the

  inner ear.

• partially or

  completely lacking

  in the sense of

  hearing; unable to

  hear.

• surgical incision of

  the tympanic

  membrane: eardrum

• abnormal smallness

  of the pinna

  (external ear).