The Weber test is a useful, quick, and simple screening test for the evaluation of hearing loss. The test can detect unilateral conductive and sensorineural hearing loss. The outer and middle ear ...
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is the inability of the Eustachian tube to adequately perform these functions. However, the precise function and mechanisms of the Eustachian tube and the ...
Meniere’s disease is a disease of the inner ear, characterized by the clinical triad of recurrent vertigo, fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss, and tinnitus. The relapsing nature of the ...
What Is Tinnitus?/Tinnitus is defined as a sound a person hears that is generated by the body, rather than by outside source. Most tinnitus is subjective. This means the examiner cannot hear it, ...
Tinnitus is defined as a sound a person hears that is generated by the body, rather than by outside source. Most tinnitus is subjective. This means the examiner cannot hear it, and there are no ...
Ear irrigation is an important tool for adult and pediatric patients in the Emergency Department (ED) with ENT complaints. Irrigation can be used to clear ear cerumen, visualize tough-to-see ...
Otitis Externa (OE) is an inflammation, infectious or non-infectious, of the external auditory canal. In some cases, inflammation can extend to the outer ear, such as the pinna or tragus. OE can be ...
Otitis media is a group of inflammatory diseases of the middle ear. The two main types are acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME). AOM is an infection of rapid onset that ...
Earache/Otalgia or ear pain, in or about the external ear and temporal bone may occur from multiple causes, many of which are remote from the ear itself. Otorrhea, or ear drainage, indicates ...
Ear Pain is also known as earache, is a pain in the ear. Primary ear pain is pain that originates from the ear. Secondary ear pain is a type of referred pain, meaning that the source of the pain ...
Foreign Body Removal From Ear (FB) is any object originating outside the body of an organism. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object Most references to foreign bodies involve ...
Ear Foreign Body Removal (FB) is any object originating outside the body of an organism. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object Most references to foreign bodies involve ...
Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial cleft, is a group of conditions that includes cleft lip, cleft palate, and both together. A cleft lip contains an opening in the upper lip that ...
Cleft lip deformity is one of the most common congenital deformities, and management requires an interprofessional approach to address the physical cleft deformity along with resulting issues in ...
The Adenoids are a grouping of lymphoid tissue located on the posterior wall of the nasopharynx behind the soft palate. The adenoids, along with the faucial tonsils, lingual tonsils, and tubal ...
Retrognathia is a term used to describe an unusual position of the mandible. Retro implies that there is deficient growth and 'gnathia' means about the jaws (particularly mandible). To the ...
Geographic tongue is a benign chronic relapsing recurring inflammatory condition of the oral cavity of unknown etiology. It can also be referred to as benign migratory glossitis, erythema ...
Pierre Robin Sequence increasingly known as the Robin sequence or Pierre Robin sequence comprises the triad of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and obstructive apnea. It is a highly heterogeneous ...
Cleft tongue syndrome, also called the bifid tongue, have a split running along the length of their tongue. Clefting occurs because the body fails to completely develop in order to join the two sides ...
Hypoglossia/Macroglossia is an uncommon developmental condition and is also known as hypoglossia. Its defining feature is a rudimentary or an abnormally small tongue. It leads to limited muscular ...
