Reference no: EM133935061
Assignment:
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
AUDIOGRAMS
- What is the difference between decibels and frequency in an audiogram? What is the abbreviation for decibel and frequency?
- Headphones have two different colors. What are the colors and what color goes with what ear?
- What ear should you always start with? What decibel and frequency should you start with? When documenting the right ear on the audiogram sheet, you should use what color pen and what shape? When documenting the left ear on the audiogram sheet, you should use what color pen and what shape?
EXTRA CREDIT: What would you document on the audiogram sheet if the patient could not hear any tones?
Audiograms are started at the age of 3. What could a medical assistant do to keep a young patient's interest?
Tympanogram
1. Why would a medical provider order a tympanogram? What could the tympanogram tell the provider after reviewing the results?
Ear Lavage
2. Could you complete a Tympanic temperature on someone who has a chief complaint of "loss of hearing" or "blocked ear"? Why or why not?
3. There are several reasons why a patient would a need an ear lavage? Name two.
4. As a medical assistant, I would place a chux pad on the shoulder of the ear that I needed to clean, making sure it was tucked into their shirt. Why would you need to have a chux pad?
5. Sometimes, patients may feel vasovagal symptoms, what position would you want to place the patient in right away? Why? What type of vital signs would you want to complete on this patient? Why?
6. If you are completing an ear lavage on a 4-year-old patient, how would you pull back the year? Someone who is younger than 3? (There are two answers for this age group- list both- receive one point )
7. What is AD, AS, AU?
8. What instrument would you use to view into an eye? What instrument would you use to view into an ear?