INGLES AUDIOLOGIA 1.

The pinna is made up of cartilage covered by skyn and can be bend. true. false.

The tragus makes wax to fill up the ear canal. true. false.

The normal ear canal is a straight tube with a wet lining like the lining inside your mouth. true. false.

the eardrum is at the beginning of the ear canal. true. false.

The ossicles conduct sound vibrations from the eardrum to the cochlea (hearing organ). true. false.

The Eustachian tube connects the middle ear space to the back of the nose. true. false.

The middle ear space is empty of mucus to help us hear properly. true. false.

The cochlea (hearing organ) contains hair cells to convert sound vibrations into nerve signals. true. false.

The balance organ is called the vestibular system. true. false.

Infection in the ear can cause a lame face (facial palsy). true. false.

Hearing impairment always means that a person is deaf. true. false.

Deafness can be inherited. true. false.

A child who is born deaf may not learn to speak properly. true. false.

All deaf people can hear normally if they wear a hearing aid. true. false.

There aren't different levels of hearing impairment. true. false.

Moderate hearing impairment means that a person cannot hear speech even if it is shouted close to their ear. true. false.

Neglected ear infections can cause hearing impairment. true. false.

Damage by loud noise to the hair cells in the coclea (hearing organ) always recovers. true. false.

Some drugs when used over a period of time can cause hearing impairment. true. false.

Vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella can prevent hearing impairment. true. false.

Some people have a tiny "hole" in front of their pinna whitch can become infected. true. false.

An otoscope is an instrument used to examine the pinna. true. false.

You need to pull the pinna forwards to see into the ear canal. true. false.

Children with sores on their body can't spread the infection to the skin of their pinna. true. false.

Swimming in dirty water can cause otitis externa. true. false.

Wax does not come out of the ear canal by itself and always has to be removed. true. false.

Foreign bodies in the ear canal need to be removed. true. false.

Hard wax softens in water. true. false.

Otitis externa is only treated with antibiotics. true. false.

You shouldn't test the hearing when a patient has a deformed ear. true. false.

In Acute Otitis Media the eardrum never perforates (bursts). true. false.

In Chronic Suppurate Otitis Media there is a perforation in the eardrum and a discharge for more than 2 weeks. true. false.

Sticky mucus causes Glue Ear. true. false.

Normal eardrums all look the same. true. false.

In Acute Otitis Media the eardrum looks inflamed. true. false.

The treatment of Acute Otitis Media is eardrops. true. false.

Infection can turn Inactive Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media into Active Chronic Otitis Media. true. false.

Mastoiditis can't cause meningitis and a brain abscess. true. false.

One of the Dry Perforation treatments is dry mopping and eardrops. true. false.

Dirty water can only cause infetion in the ear canal. It cannot cause infection in the middle ear. true. false.