Diseases of the Ear — Flashcards

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

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

Toynbee's test is used to check eustachean tube _____

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

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

_____ is an important landmark to locate the mastoid antrum in mastoid surgery

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

Hearing loss is usually _____ type in otitic barotrauma

Most commonly affected organ in blast injury is the _____

Cartwheel TM is seen in the stage of _____ of ASOM