Hello and welcome to the zero to finals podcast. My name is Tom and in this episode,

I'm going to be going through questions on ear, nose and throat surgery. You can find short

answer questions, multiple choice questions, extended matching questions,

and digital flashcards to test your knowledge on the whole of surgery

and soon-to-be medicine at members.0 tofinals.com.

So let's jump straight in.

Question 1. What type of hearing loss is caused by a problem with sound traveling to the inner ear?

Conductive hearing loss. Question 2. What type of hearing loss is caused by a problem with the sensory system or the vestibulococleine nerve.

Sensory neural hearing loss. Question three.

Name the small bones in the middle ear from lateral to medial.

The malias, incus and Stapes.

Question 4. What structure is responsible for regulating the air pressure in the middle ear?

The Eustacean tube.

Question 5. What inner ear structures are responsible for sensing head movement?

The semi-circular canals.

Question 6. What duration of time is used to define sudden onset hearing loss?

Hearing loss over less than 72 hours.

Question 7.

What clinical test can be used to differentiate

between the two types of hearing loss?

And where do you place the tuning fork for each test?

Weber's test where the tuning fork is placed in the center of the forehead and Rini's test where the tuning fork is placed on the mastoid process.

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