ears

Question 1

the color of the auricle should be

Answer 1

same as the facial skin

Question 2

negative findings of the ear include

Answer 2

cyanosis
pallor
redness

Question 3

the normal position of the auricle is

Answer 3

alligned w outher canthus

Question 4

low set of ears may indicate

Answer 4

down syndrome

Question 5

a normal auricles elasticity should be

Answer 5

mobile firm & non tender

pinna recoils after folded

Question 6

and ubnormal finding of a clients auricle is

Answer 6

flaky,
tender
lesios

Question 7

normal color of tympanic membrane

Answer 7

pearly gray, color, semitransparent

Question 8

deviation of tympanic membrane color

Answer 8

pink/red, yellow

dull surface

Question 9

the cerumen of the external ear should be

Answer 9

dry, gray; sticky wet; brown

Question 10

the external ear canal should

Answer 10

contain hair follicles and glands

Question 11

examples of tuning fork test

Answer 11

webers test
rinne test

Question 12

when a sound is heard in both ears / localized at the centre of the head what measurement of the weber is this

Answer 12

weber negative ; NORMAL

Question 13

when there are sensory neural disturbances

Answer 13

weber positive ; nega

Question 14

normal rhinne test:

Answer 14

AC> BC ; positive rinne

Question 15

deviation of rinne test

Answer 15

BC>AC ; Nega rinne

Question 16

ears are equal in size, (4-10 cm) is it normal or abnormal

Answer 16

normal

Question 17

the auricle aligns with corner of each eye within 10 degree normal or abn

Answer 17

normal

Question 18

the earlobes may be free, attached/attach to skin with no lobe( normal or abn

Answer 18

normal

Question 19

ears are smaller than 4cm or larger than 10 cm

Answer 19

Abnormal

Question 20

nontender, hard lymphnodes - gout is called

Answer 20

Tophi

Question 21

blocked sebaceous glands

Answer 21

postauricular cyst

Question 22

ulcerated, crusted nodules that bleed

Answer 22

skin cancer

Question 23

redness, swelling,scaling or itching of ears

Answer 23

OTITIS EXTERNA

Question 24

pale, blue earcolor

Answer 24

frostbite

Question 25

how would u pull the pinna of person aged >3yrs

Answer 25

down outward

Question 26

the otoscope should be tilted:

Answer 26

head toward opp shoulder

Question 27

the otoscope must be held:

Answer 27

upside down

Question 28

damage in the inner ear

Answer 28

sensorineural hearing loss

Question 29

something blocks or impairs the passage of vibrations

Answer 29

conductive hearing loss

Question 30

what is used to test sensorineural or conductive hearing loss

Answer 30

tuning fork

Question 31

using the weber test, the client hears sound on the poor ear

Answer 31

conductive hearing

Question 32

during the weber test the client hears the sound on the unaffected ear

Answer 32

sensorineural

Question 33

this is when we compair air and bone conduction

Answer 33

Rinne test

Question 34

in the rinne test bone conduction is heard longer than air conduction

Answer 34

Conductive hearing loss

Question 35

during the rinne test, air conduction is heard longer than bc

Answer 35

sensorineural