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| "Surgical excision of the small, stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear performed to correct deafness" |
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| This structure helps to equalized the air pressure in the middle ear with that of the outside atmosphere |
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| "The term for a health professional who detects, evaluates and treats hearing loss" |
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| An excessive buildup of wax in the ear |
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| The process for measuring hearing acuity |
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| The meaning of the combining form in the term ceruminosis |
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| Blockage in sound transmissions to the inner ear is called _______________hearing loss |
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| The fluid in the part of the inner ear that consists of bony and membranous passages |
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| Hearing impairment in old age |
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| Inflammation of the middle ear |
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| The combining forms in the terms otalgic and auricular mean |
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| Abnormal or impaired hearing |
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| The combining form that describes both the eustachian tubes and the uterine tubes is |
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| The first of the three tiny bones in the middle ear |
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| Transmits impulses from the ear to the brain to be interpreted as sound |
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| The tube that connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx is the auditory or ___________________ tube |
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| The coiled portion of the middle ear that contains receptors for hearing |
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| The tiny anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear |
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| The larger of the two sacs in the vestibule in the inner ear that aid in maintaining balance |
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| The medical term for dizziness |
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| The medical term for earache is otodynia or __________. |
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| The membrane that separates the middle ear and inner ear |
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| Instrument used to visually examine the ear |
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| Chronic ringing or other distressing noises in the ear or head |
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| The collective name given small bones that conduct sound in the middle ear |
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| The combining forms used in the terms tympanoplasty and myringotomy mean |
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| Structures located in the inner ear that help to maintain equilibrium be generating nerve impulses in response to body movement |
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| "Surgical procedure describing an incision in the eardrum, often for insertion of tubes treat otitis media" |
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| Surgical procedure done to correct hardening of the bony tissue in the middle ear that interferes with sound conduction |
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| Inflammation of the middle ear caused by changes in atmospheric pressure is called _________________ media. |
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| Medical term for total deafness |
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| Inflammation of the structure in the inner ear that consists of bony and membranous passages |
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| The outward projecting portion of the external ear is called the auricle or ______________. |
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| Pyogenous drainage from the ear |
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| Inflammation of the external auditory canal is called otits _______________. |
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| Test that measures the compliance of the eardrum and differentiates problems in the middle ear |
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| Surgical repair of the external ear |
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| Surgical repair of the eardrum with a tissue graft to improve sound conduction |
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