Vestibular System Anatomy and Physiology — Flashcards

Progressive _____lateral sensorineural hearing loss, often accompanied by tinnitus, is the most common presenting symptom of acoustic neuroma

What is the best audiometric test for differentiating cochlear and retro-cochlear hearing loss?_____

The threshold for stapedial reflex is _____ in retrocochlear lesions

Threshold tone decay is a function of nerve fatigue and is present in _____cochlear lesions

_____ phenomenon is a feature of retro-cochlear/neural lesions wherein the speech discrimination steadily increases with intensity but suddenly drops significantly beyond a particular intensity of sound.

Herpes zoster infection of the _____ ganglion leads to Ramsey-hunt syndrome

_____ sign refers to hypoaesthesia of the posterior meatal wall due to VIIth cranial nerve involvement in acoustic neuroma..

Herpes Zoster Oticus (_____ Syndrome) presents with facial paralysis along with vesicular rash in the external auditory canal and pinna

Motor fibers of 7th nerve are _____ resistant and are affected late in acoustic neuroma