| Description |
1 online resource (170 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser. ; v.254 |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- ABC of Ear, Nose and Throat -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Examination of the Ear, Nose and Throat -- Examination -- Equipment necessary -- Normal ear anatomy -- The external auditory canal -- The tympanic membrane (TM or drumhead) -- Examination of the ear -- Inspection -- Palpation -- Otoscopy (with auriscope) -- Hearing tests -- Tympanometry -- Examination of the nose -- Inspection -- Examination of the mouth -- Inspection -- Examination of the neck -- Inspection -- Palpation -- Nasendoscopy -- Chapter 2 Pain in the Ear -- Acute otitis externa |
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Treatment of acute otitis externa -- Acute suppurative otitis media (ASOM) -- Treatment of acute suppurative otitis media -- Acute (coalescent) mastoiditis -- Other complications of acute suppurative otitis media -- Chronic secretory otitis media (otitis media with effusion) -- 'Malignant' (necrotising) otitis externa -- Other causes of pain -- Referred pain -- Neurological causes -- Psychogenic -- Further reading -- Chapter 3 Discharge from the Ear -- Topical medications for discharging ears -- Chronic otitis externa -- Chronic otitis media -- Cholesteatoma -- Surgery for chronic otitis media |
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Further reading -- Chapter 4 Hearing Impairment in Adults -- History -- Classification -- Conductive hearing causes -- Otitis externa -- Keratosis obturans -- Acquired obliterative otitis externa -- Tumours of the outer or middle ear -- Otitis media with effusion (OME) -- Adhesive otitis media and retraction pockets -- Myringosclerosis and tympanosclerosis -- Acute suppurative otitis media (ASOM) and chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) -- Ossicular defects -- Otosclerosis -- Sensorineural hearing causes -- Presbyacusis -- Sudden sensorineural deafness -- Noise-induced deafness |
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Hereditary sensorineural deafness -- Ménìere's disease -- Drug-induced deafness -- Temporal bone trauma -- Retrocochlear causes -- Central auditory processing disorders (CAP, APD) -- Hearing aids, devices and cochlear implantation -- Further reading -- Chapter 5 Hearing Impairment in Children -- Types of hearing loss -- Assessment of a child with hearing loss -- Diagnosis of hearing loss in children -- Newborn hearing screening -- Hearing tests in children -- Otitis media with effusion -- Treatment of hearing loss -- Hearing aids -- Cochlear implants -- Middle ear implants |
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Bone-anchored hearing aids -- Other causes of hearing loss -- Central processing disorders -- Trauma -- Cholesteatoma -- Further reading -- Chapter 6 Acoustic Neuromas and Other Cerebellopontine Angle Tumours -- The cerebellopontine angle -- Growths in the CPA -- The natural history of acoustic neuromas -- The symptoms and signs of acoustic neuromas -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Large tumours with brainstem compression and incipient RICP -- Small and medium-sized tumours without major neurological symptoms -- Neurofibromatosis type 2 -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 7 Tinnitus |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Epidemiology of tinnitus |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118424193 |
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1118424190 |
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