Q. WHAT IS VESTIBULAR IMPLANT? WHERE IS IT KEPT AND HOW DOES IT WORK? Vestibular implant is a new electronic implant designed to artificially restore the vestibular function in patients
Month: May 2017
COCKTAIL EFFECTCOCKTAIL EFFECT
It is the phenomenon of being able to focus one’s auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out range of other stimulus. It works best as a bin-aural effect
LABYRINTHINE FISTULALABYRINTHINE FISTULA
Q. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF LABYRINTHINE FISTULA? WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF NYSTAGMUS PRESENT IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF LABYRINTHINE FISTULA? HOW DO YOU TREAT IT? Labyrynthine fistula is a
PSYCHIATRY: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSPSYCHIATRY: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q.WHAT ARE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE PSYCHIATRIC FUNCTIONAL INQUIRY? Mood Anxiety Psychosis Suicide / Homicide Organic Q. WHAT MUST YOU INCLUDE IN PAST PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY? Previous psychiatric diagnoses Contact
HEARING ASSESSMENTHEARING ASSESSMENT
Q. WHAT IS THE RANGE OF SPEECH FREQUENCY? 500Hz-3,000Hz Q. WHAT IS FLETCHER INDEX? Average hearing threshold at 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz is called Fletcher index. Q. WHAT IS
EAR DISCHARGE OR OTORRHOEA: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSEAR DISCHARGE OR OTORRHOEA: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q. WHAT IS OTORRHOEA? It is defined as the discharge from the ear. Q. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OTORRHOEA AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT TYPES? Serous : Like
HEARING ASSESSMENT BY TUNING FORK: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSHEARING ASSESSMENT BY TUNING FORK: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q. WHO INVENTED THE TUNING FORK? John Shore in 1711. Q. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT DISTANCES AT WHICH THE FOLLOWING SOUND IS HEARD? Whisper: 12 feet Conversational voice: 20-40
HOW WILL YOU ASSESS THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE PATENCY?HOW WILL YOU ASSESS THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE PATENCY?
The following are the different methods of assessing Eustachian tube patency: Bedside test: Put some dye/ear drops e.g. chloromycetin in the ear. If the bitter taste in mouth occurs in
RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMA CASE QUESTIONSRECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMA CASE QUESTIONS
Q. WHY DOES TRACHEAL PAPILLOMA INCREASE EXPLOSIVELY AFTER TRACHEOSTOMY? After tracheostomy, there is a disruption of the tracheal mucosa blanket which has a protective role causing the explosive increase of
NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA CASE QUESTIONSNASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA CASE QUESTIONS
Q. WHAT ARE THE CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH EBV? Nasopharyngeal cancer African Burkitt Lymphoma Some Hodgkins Lymphoma Q. WHAT IS LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA? In the past NPC was referred to as malignant lymphoepithelioma