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Assisting with Eye and Ear Care Chapter 43

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Condition called amblyopia may occur as the misaligned eye becomes?

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Lazy

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both eyes moves together when people look at objects , a deviation of one eye is called?

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Stramismus

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the way light from objects is focused through the eye to form an image on the retina

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Refraction

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normal eye focuses light exactly at the retina producing a

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Clear Image

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what are the most common Refractive Disorders?

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Nearsightedness, farsightedness, presbyopia, and astigmatism

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The condition in which images of distant objects come into focus in front of the retina and are blurred

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Myopia (Nearsightedness)

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What corrects the bending of the light rays so that they focus on the retina?

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Lenses

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What objects are usually seen clearly but objects so far are seen unclear

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Nearby Objects

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What causes images to come into focus behind the retina?

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Hyperopia (Farsightedness) and Presbyopia

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sometimes vision is distorted because of the cornea is unevenly curved or the lens has an abnormal shape

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Astigmatism

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Astigmatism is treated with lenses that correct the unevenness of the cornea or laser vision correction survey known as?

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LASIK

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What is the condition that mostly commonly affects people starting in the mid-40s?

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Presbyopia

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What muscles contract during accommodations, thickening the lens and increasing its convexity, these changes allow the image to come into focus on the retina?

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Ciliary Muscles

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Who treats diseases and disorders of the ears?

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Otologist

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Infection of the outer ear, usually caused by bacteria and fungi

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Otitis Externa

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When bone tissue grows abnormally around the stapes, or stirrup.

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otosclerosis

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An inflammation of the middle ear characterized by fluid buildup, most commonly referred to as and ear infection

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Otitis Media

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What affects the cochlea and the semicircular canals

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Inner ear or the Labrinthitis

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Infection of the Labyrinth, most commonly caused by a virus, the symptoms are dizziness, or vertigo

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Labirinthitis

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Cause by increased fluid in the Labyrinth, the pressure of the fluid disturbs the sense of balance and may even rupture the Labyrinth.

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Meniere's disease

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A type of sensorineural hearing loss, most common form of hearing loss in older adults

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Presbycusis

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More commonly called the ringing in the ear

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Tinnitus

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Caused by and interruption in the transmission of sound waves to the inner ear

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Conductive Hearing Loss

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Occurs when the damage to the inner ear, to the nerve that leads from the ear to the brain or to the brain itself

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Sensorineural hearing loss

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Prolonged exposure to loud noises is a common cause of hearing loss because of damage to the sensitive cells in the what?

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Cochlea

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Electronic device that measures hearing acuity by producing sounds in specific frequencies and intensities

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Audiometer

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The number of complete fluctuations-waves-of energy that pass a specific point in one second

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Frequency

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Units for measuring the relative intensity-loudness-of sounds on a scale from 0 to 130

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Decibels

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What diagnostic test measures the eardrums ability to move and thus gauges pressure in the middle ear?

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Tympanometry

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A buildup of earwax in the ear canal

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Cerumen Impaction

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A patient with a sign of hearing loss should be referred to an

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Otologist

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A person who is profoundly deaf and cannot benefit from using a hearing aid may be a candidate

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Cochlear Implant

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A specialist who focuses on evaluating and correcting hearing problems

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Audiologist

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When the cochlear implants do not amplify sound like a hearing aid but sends signals through the auditory nerve to the where?

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Brain

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The ophthalmologist also routinely tests for glaucoma with the aid

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Tonometer

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Occurs when the damage to the inner ear, to the nerve that leads from the ear to the brain or to the brain itself

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Sensorineural hearing loss

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Prolonged exposure to loud noises is a common cause of hearing loss because of damage to the sensitive cells in the what?

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Cochlea

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Electronic device that measures hearing acuity by producing sounds in specific frequencies and intensities?

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Audiometer

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The number of complete fluctuations-waves-of energy that pass a specific point in one second

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Frequency

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Units for measuring the relative intensity-loudness-of sounds on a scale from 0 to 130

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Decibels

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When bone tissue grows abnormally around the stapes, or stirrup

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otosclerosis

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Is the area of the retina responsible for the central area of a person's visual field

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Macular Degeneration

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Complication of Diabetes, people who have had Diabetes for a long time or who do not keep their condition under control experience damage to small blood vessels that supply the retina

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Diabetic Retinopathy

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Occurs when the retina separates from the underlying choroid the middle vascular layer of the eye

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Retinal Detachment

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a branch of medicine specializing in anatomy, function, and disease of the eye?

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Ophthalmology

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Chronic inflammation of the edges of the eyelid and is characterized by red, swollen eyelids with scaling and crusting?

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Blepharitis

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a drooping or falling of the upper eyelid?

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Ptosis

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a small, painful lump on the inside or outside of the eyelid caused by an eyelash follicle infection

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Sty

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inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye a.k.a pink eye

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Conjunctivitis

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a handheld instrument with a light to view the inner eye structures?

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ophtalmoscope

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an instrument used by an ophthalmologist that measures intraocular pressure (test for glaucoma)

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Tonometer

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a lamp that emits narrow but intense beam of light, used for examining the interior of the eye

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Slit Lamp

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washing of the eye by a stream of water or other fluid.

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eye irrigation

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Treats Diseases/Disorders of the Ears

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Otologist

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a condition in which earwax has become tightly packed in the external ear canal to the point that the canal is blocked.

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Cerumen Impaction

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Inflammation of the passage of the outer ear

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otitis externa

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severe itching of the skin

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prutitus

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inflammation of the middle ear

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otitis media

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inflammation of the mastoid process

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mastoiditis

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occurs when bone tissue grows abnormally around the stapes or stirrup. This overgrowth prevents the stapes from transmitting sound vibrations to the inner ear causing hearing loss.

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otosclerosis

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a ringing or perforation(hole) of the eardrum

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ruptured eardrum

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The process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina

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accomodation

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a device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea

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cochlear implant

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Test for color blindness

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Ishihara

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A screening tool for distance vision

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A screening tool for distance vision

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Which condition, commonly called lazy eye, occurs when a child does not use one eye regularly and the eye becomes "lazy' and the brain tends to ignore what the lazy eye sees?

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Amblyopia

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is an examination used to test the condition of the middle ear and mobility of the eardrum and the conduction bones by creating variations of air pressure in the ear canal. It is an objective test of middle-ear function.

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tympanometry

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Inflammation/infection of the labyrinth or inner
Ear most commonly caused by a virus, In this ear disorder the patient complains that the room appears to spin, causing dizziness, and the sensation is exacerbated by any movement, sometimes to the point of nausea and vomiting

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Labyrinthitis

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Increased fluid in the labyrinth. The pressure of the fluid disturbs the sense of balance. Symptoms include vertigo, nausea, vomiting,distorted hearing, and tinnitus. Hearing loss may be mild to severe.

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Meniere's disease

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Age-related hearing loss with gradually progressive inability to hear, especially high frequency sounds. A type of sensorineural hearing loss and the most common form of hearing loss in older adults?

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presbycusis

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when there is a problem conducting sound waves anywhere along the route through the outer ear, tympanic membrane (eardrum), or middle ear (ossicles).

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Conductive hearing loss

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a type of hearing loss, or deafness, in which the root cause lies in the inner ear or sensory organ (cochlea and associated structures) or the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII) or neural part.

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Sensorineural hearing loss

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Ulcers on the cornea may be the result injury, infection or both

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Corneal ulcers and abrasions

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Cloudy or opaque areas in the normally clear lens of the eye

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Cataracts

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Which of the following is indicated by an increase in intraocular pressure caused by a buildup of aqueous humor in the anterior chamber and can result in loss of vision and possible blindness.

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Glaucoma

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For unknown reasons the macula (central area of a persons visual field) starts to degenerate causing loss of vision. Causes a loss of vision in the center of an image but does not affect peripheral vision

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Macular Degeneration

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Inflammation of the uveal track cause unknown
could be trauma, infection or autoimmune

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uvetitis

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Images come into focus in front of the retina and are blurred. Nearby objects are seen clearly but objects far away are unclear

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Myopia (nearsightedness)

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Images come into focus behind the retina. Far away objects are clear and close objects are blurry

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Hyperopia (far sightedness)

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like hyperopia (far sightedness) but it develops with age (40+) and results in the loss of lens elasticity, causing difficulty seeing objects close up, is ____.

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presbyopia

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distorted vision caused by the cornea being unevenly curved or the lens has an abnormal shape

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astigmatism

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A chart that is used to check for near vision

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Jaeger Chart

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A disorder where there is a misaligned or unbalanced eye muscle that cause the eye to look in two different directions

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strabismus