1. HEARING LOSS
TINNITUS
OTORRHOEA
OTALGIA
VERTIGO

2. HEARING LOSS
Conductive
Sensori-neural
Mixed
Central

3. TINNITUS Constant (high or low tone) Wax Cochlear nerve Central
Cracking
Wax
Eust. Tube
Ossicles (muscles)
Insect
Psigiatriese pt
Pulsating
Wax
Conductive loss
Cardiovascular

4. OTALGIA
Local cause
Referred pain

5. RADICAL MASTOIDECTOMY
Syringing?

6. CHRONIC OTITIS EXTERNA
Treatment
Predisposing factors
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7. ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA
Symptoms
Treatment
Complications

8. MUCOID OTITIS MEDIA Sx Rx
Complications (sequelae)
Predisposing factors

9. THE NEONATE (DEAFNESS)
HIGH RISK FACTORS IN
THE NEONATE (DEAFNESS)
G eboortegewig <1.5Kg
E rflikheidsfaktore
H iperbilirubienemie
O ksigenasie probleme
O NK afwykings
R ubella in utero
Hyperbilirubinaemia
Inheritance
Birth weight <1.5Kg
ENT defects
Rublla in utero
Oxygenation problem

10. VIRAL & BACTERIAL INFECTIONS………
Measles
Mumps
Rubella
Meningitis!!!!!

11. Chemotherapy
Beta blockers
Loop diuretics
Aminoglycocides ……”ycin”
Erythromycin
Non steroidal anti-inflammatories
Anti-malaria drugs
Aspirin

12. SYSTEMIC DISEASE & HEARING LOSS
Vascular
Hypothyroid
Diabetes
Auto - immune

13. Wax is the Number One enemy of and audiological rehabilitation!
an ear examination
and audiological rehabilitation!

14. An otoscope with flat batteries is also the Number One enemy
of an ear examination

15. COMPLICATIONS OF WAX REMOVAL BRADYCARDIA, CARDIAC ARREST, COUGHING.

16. EXTERNAL MEATUS TRAUMA
LACERATIONS
BONY FRACTURES