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Inner Ear – Hearing Test 1

The key terms of Hearing test 1 include, Inner Ear.


Two sections of inner ear

Choclea
vestibular system


Functional

Loss with no organic disorder detected


Nonorganic

Apparent loss with no known disorder or insufficient evidence to explain it


Scala tympani starts where and what fluid

Round window
Periymph


Ototoxcity – 5 categories

Medications that cause damage to chochlea/vestib system
aminoglycosides
chemotherapy drugs
loop diuretics
salicylates
anti-malarial drugs


Nerve fibers of the CANS

Go from bottom of organ of corti into modiolus
form bundle of fibers which is the auditory nerve/cochlear nerve


Later causes of inner ear disorder

Infections
ototoxicity
noise
sudden hearing loss
meniere’s disease
temporal bone fracture
presbycusis


Scala vestibuli starts where and what fluid

Oval window
Perilymph


Choclea functions

Transduction
frequency analysis


Semicircular canals sense

Rotation
one for each plane of movement


Symptoms of vestibular disturbance

Vertigo
nystagmus
anxiety
rapid heart rate
nausea and vomiting


Nystagmus

Involuntary rhythmic eye movement
– Usual


Two sections of inner ear

Choclea
vestibular system


Functional

Loss with no organic disorder detected


Nonorganic

Apparent loss with no known disorder or insufficient evidence to explain it


Scala tympani starts where and what fluid

Round window
Periymph


Ototoxcity – 5 categories

Medications that cause damage to chochlea/vestib system
aminoglycosides
chemotherapy drugs
loop diuretics
salicylates
anti-malarial drugs


Nerve fibers of the CANS

Go from bottom of organ of corti into modiolus
form bundle of fibers which is the auditory nerve/cochlear nerve


Later causes of inner ear disorder

Infections
ototoxicity
noise
sudden hearing loss
meniere’s disease
temporal bone fracture
presbycusis


Scala vestibuli starts where and what fluid

Oval window
Perilymph


Choclea functions

Transduction
frequency analysis


Semicircular canals sense

Rotation
one for each plane of movement


Symptoms of vestibular disturbance

Vertigo
nystagmus
anxiety
rapid heart rate
nausea and vomiting


Nystagmus

Involuntary rhythmic eye movement
– Usual


Two sections of inner ear

Choclea
vestibular system


Functional

Loss with no organic disorder detected


Nonorganic

Apparent loss with no known disorder or insufficient evidence to explain it


Scala tympani starts where and what fluid

Round window
Periymph


Ototoxcity – 5 categories

Medications that cause damage to chochlea/vestib system
aminoglycosides
chemotherapy drugs
loop diuretics
salicylates
anti-malarial drugs


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