Eye and Ear Test 2 Study Guide

Emma is a newborn who needs to undergo a hearing examination. Which of the following tests is used for this purpose?

• Weber tuning fork test

• tympanometry

• UNHS

• Rinne tuning fork test

Henry, a young boy, visits the doctor with an earache. The doctor diagnoses him with acute otitis media accompanied by pus-filled fluid discharge. This condition is:

• cholesteatoma

• AOM

• secretory OM

• suppurative OM

Loss of hearing sometimes resulting from the aging process is:

• presbycusis

• paracusis

• presbyopia

• anacusis

Samuel is studying the human ear for his biology class. He learns that the inner ear is composed of three parts: the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea. Which of the following is part of the inner ear?

• auricle

• organ of Corti

• oval window

• semicircular canals

During a school camping trip, Arjun noticed he couldn't hear well out of one ear. After visiting the school nurse, he was told the issue was due to:

• vertigo

• Ménière disease

• impacted cerumen

• tinnitus

Patient B's surgeon performs a ___, which is a surgical incision of the eardrum to relieve pressure and buildup of fluid.

• miryngotomy

• myringiotomy

• myringotomy

During a medical examination, Abigail was asked to undergo a ___ tuning fork test to help distinguish between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss by checking her sensorineural function.

• Rinne

• Rhine

• Rhinne

• Rine

Rohan went swimming and now feels pain in his ear. What is this condition called?

• otitis media

• otalgia

• salpingitis

• otorrhea

Noah went to an audiologist to check his hearing ability. The audiologist performed a test to measure his ability to hear and understand speech. What is this test called?

• pure tone audiometry

• speech audiometry

• acoustics

• audiometric testing

During a biology class, David was curious about the substance that protects the ear canal. His teacher explained that the combining form cerumin/o refers to:

• earwax

• eardrum

• tympanic membrane

• auditory canal