QUESTIONS- EAR -
LONG ESSAYS -
1) Acute earache — causes and management
2) Meniere’s disease — etiopathogenesis, symptoms, signs, investigations and management
3) Enumerate the causes of conductive deafness in a 15-year-old girl Describe the etiology, pathology
clinical features, investigations and management of otosclerosis
4) Enumerate the complications of otitis media. Discuss the management of atticoantral type of chronic
suppurative otitis media (CSOM).
5) Give an account of complications of CSOM and name the warning signs to detect such complications
in a case of CSOM
6) Enumerate extracranial complications of chronic suppurative otitis media, Discuss any one in detalil.
7) Classify and enumerate the complications of suppurative otitis media. Discuss the clinical features
and management of lateral sinus thrombophlebitis.
8) Discuss the etiopathology, clinical features, complications and management of acute (coalescent)
mastoiditis
9)Define cholesteatoma. Describe its classification, etiopathogenesis clinical features and management
of cholesteatoma.
10) Enumerate the common causes of conductive deafness. Discuss in detail the etiology, pathology,
clinical features and management of tubotympanic type of chronic suppurative otitis media
11) What is cholesteatoma? Describe the etiology, pathology, clinical features and management of
atticoantral type of chronic suppurative otitis media Discuss briefly the complications of atticoantral
disease.
12) Discuss etiopathogenesis, clinical features and management of serous otitis media .
13) Discuss types of mastoidectomy. Types, indications and complications.
14) what are the types of hearing loss. Discuss the etiology a nd management of sudden SNHL.
15) Discuss Acoustic neuroma in detail.
Short Essays -
1) Referred otalgia
2) Tinnitus — define, classification, causes
3) Hearing rehabilitation of deaf child
4) Hearing aids
5) Cochlear implants
6) Clinical features of acoustic neuroma
7) Deaf child (causes, investigations — auditory tests)
8) Glomus tumor (tympanicus) — clinical features and management.
9) Preauricular sinus
10) Intratemporal course of facial nerve
11) Otological causes for facial paralysis
12) Bell’s palsy (etiology and treatment)
13) Herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay-Hunt syndrome)
14) Topodiagnostic tests for facial nerve palsy
15) Outline differences of acute mastoiditis with furuncle of external auditory canal (EAC).
16) Acute mastoid abscess
17) Difrential diagnosis of post-aural
18) Gradenigo's syndrome
19) Lateral sinus thrombosis
20) Otosclerosis (otospongiosis) define investigations, management (surgical treatment).
21) Carhart's notch
22) Extratemporal complications of chronic suppurative otitis media
23) Complication of CSOM
24) Sequel of otitis media
25) Intratemporal complications of CSOM
26) Acute coalescent mastoiditis (signs and symptoms).
27) Otitis barotrauma.
28) Discuss Facial nerve palsy .
29) Tinnitus - Causes and management
30) Physiology of hearing
31) Organ of corti
32) Tuning fork test
33) Foreign body in EAR
34) Malignant otitis externa
35) Osteoma vs Exostosis
36) Canal cholesteatoma.
37) Hematoma auris.
38) Keratosis obturans
39) Otomycosis.
40) Temporal bone fractures
41) Stapedectomy
42) Ototoxicity
43) Pure tone audiometry
44) Impedance Audiometry
45) Korner septum
46) Eustachian tube diseases
47)NIHL
48) Eustachian tube function tests
49) Vestibular function tests
50) vestibular pathway
51) NPPCD.
52) Myringotomy. Grommet and it's types
53) Tympanoplasty.
54) BERA and OAE
55) Middle ear cleft.
SHORT ANSWERS -
1) Referred otalgia
2)Acute otalgia
3)Causes of pain in the ear
4) Bone anchored hearing aids
5) Vestibular Schwanoma — clinical features
6) Hitselberger’s sign
7) Glomus tympanicum
8)Crocodile tears
9) Exostosis in external auditory canal
10) Lermoyez syndrome
11) Treatment (acute attack) of Meniere’s disease
12)What is otosclerosis? What are its signs and symptoms?
13)Paracusis Willisi
15) Schwartz’s sign
16)Carhart’s notch
17)Management of otosclerosis
18) Mention extracranial complications of CSOM
19) List intracranial complications of CSOM
20) Griensinger's sign
21) Furunculosis of ear.
22) Bezold's abscess
23) Tympanic membrane
24) Test for malingering
25) Collaural fistula
26) Nerve supply of external ear.
27) Radilogical views for Ear.
28) Mac Evans triangle.
29) Fistula test
