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.

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

How does aging typically affect the amplitude of the external ear resonance?

Toynbee's test is used to check eustachean tube _____

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

Most commonly affected organ in blast injury is the _____

Pulsation sign/Brown sign is seen in intratympanic _____

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

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