Oto Primary Care FINALhigh

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 ________.

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