Otology — Flashcards

Flashcard 91: According to Austin's classification: for M- and S-, _____ is done

Answer: TORP

Flashcard 92: Fistula test is used to check the functioning of the _____

Answer: labyrinth

Flashcard 93: Type _____ tympanoplasty is done when the malleus is eroded

Answer: II

Flashcard 94: Laser used for middle ear adhesion lysis is _____

Answer: Argon

Flashcard 95: The contraindication to myringotomy is an intratympanic _____

Answer: glomus tumor

Flashcard 96: What is the presenting symptom of otosclerosis?_____

Answer: Hearing loss

Flashcard 97: What phenomenon explains why hearing may paradoxically improve in a patient with tubotympanic disease when there is ear discharge?

Answer: Round window shielding effect

Extra: In tubotympanic CSOM with a large perforation, sound waves may reach both the oval and round windows simultaneously, leading to sound cancellation and hearing loss. If discharge or a 'patch' covers the round window, it restores the phase difference between the two windows, paradoxically improving hearing.

Flashcard 98: Constant _____ irrigation during mastoid exploration prevents thermal injury to the facial nerve

Answer: saline

Flashcard 99: _____ test is a tuning fork test that compares bone conduction with air conduction.

Answer: Rinne

Flashcard 100: _____ space is located in the epitympanum, bounded laterally by the Shrapnell membrane (pars flaccida) and medially by the neck of the malleus.

Answer: Prussak's space