Primary Care Otolaryngology

hearing loss

Questions 1. The most common cause of a conductive hearing loss in children is ________________. 2. The magnitude of a hearing loss is documented in the _______. 3. The two major types of hearing loss are ______________ and ________. 4. Conductive hearing loss is present when there is a difference between __________ and _____________ conduction thresholds. 5. Sensorineural hearing loss is present when air and bone conduction thresholds are ______ but show a hearing loss. 6. Noise-induced hearing loss often produces a high-frequency _________________ in the audiogram. 7. Otitis media with effusion produces a ______________ tympano- gram. 8. Presbycusis produces a hearing loss that slopes to the _____________ side of the audiogram. 9. A patient with an asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss must be evaluated for the potential of having an ________.

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Answers 1. Fluid in the middle ear (otitis media with effusion) 2. Audiogram 3. Conductive, sensorineural 4. Air, bone 5. Approximate, similar 6. Notch 7. Type B (flat)

8. Downward, right 9. Acoustic neuroma

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