Across
- 6. a waxy substance secreted by glands located throughout the external canal
- 10. the malleus, incus, and __________ are the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear in that order; AKA stirrup
- 12. ____________ media is inflammation of the ear from changes in atmospheric pressure
- 14. _________________ hearing loss is a hearing impairment caused by lesions of dysfunction on the cochlea or cochlear (auditory) nerve
- 15. The fluid that fills the bony labyrinth of the internal ear
- 16. ear ___________ is the introduction of a medicated solution into the external canal
- 17. instrument for examining the ear
Down
- 1. the T in ENT stands for
- 2. a hearing condition would end with -___________
- 3. polyethylene
- 4. hearing impairment in old age
- 5. (BAEP) brainstem auditory evoked ___________ is electrodiagnostic testing that uses computerized equipment to measure involuntary responses to sound within the auditory nervous system
- 7. the larger of two sacs within the membranous labyrinth of the vestibule in the inner ear
- 8. window membrane that covers the opening between the middle ear and internal ear
- 9. otalgia and otodynia both mean __________
- 11. myring/o and tympan/o are root words that mean _______________
- 13. the spiral organ AKA the organ of _______ is the structure in the cochlea which contains hair cells that receive vibrations and generate nerve impulses for hearing
- 14. this root words means a tube