Diseases of the middle ear cause hearing to become more difficult. In the middle ear, inflammatory changes are most common – and usually in the context of a throat infection that spreads through the Eustachian tube. Children in particular often suffer from concomitant otitis media in adults it occurs more often in the context of … Inner Ear: Diseases
Every child knows that our ears are responsible for hearing; however, balance and spatial awareness are also other important tasks of the inner ear. We explain how the middle ear and inner ear are structured, what their functions are and what diseases can occur. What exactly belongs to the middle and inner ear, where exactly … Inner Ear: What Happens Behind the Eardrum
The malleus is one of a total of three ossicles in the middle ear. It transmits the vibrations of the eardrum under amplification to the incus. The incus transmits the vibrations to the stapes, which transmits the mechanical vibrations via the oval window to the liquid medium perilymph and the cochlea. The malleus, along with … Hammer: Structure, Function & Diseases
Transitory evoked otoacoustic emissions, or TEOAEs, are acoustic responses from the inner ear to a brief and broadband acoustic stimulus. Thus, brief acoustic stimuli elicit a mechanical response from the inner ear that is transmitted externally as sound. What is transitory evoked otoacoustic emissions? Transitory evoked otoacoustic emissions, or TEOAEs, are acoustic responses from the … Transitory Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions: Treatment, Effects & Risks
In otolaryngology and audiometry, a stapes is one of a total of three interconnected ossicles in the middle ear. Reminiscent in its shape of a stirrup from equestrian sports, the ossicle is the smallest bone in the human body, weighing only about 2.5 mg, and at the same time the one with the greatest hardness. … Stirrups: Structure, Function & Diseases
The Rinne test is a subjective, non-invasive and quickly performable ENT test procedure that uses a vibrating tuning fork to compare the bone conduction and air conduction of an ear. The test procedure can be used to make differential diagnostic statements about the type of hearing loss, which in particular allow a distinction to be … Gutter Trial: Treatment, Effect & Risks
Electrocochleography (ECochG) is the name given to a method used in audiometry or ear, nose, and throat medicine to record electrical potentials produced by sensory cells (hair cells) in the cochlea in response to acoustic clicks or short tones at different pitches. Three different electropotentials are recorded, allowing detailed conclusions to be drawn about the … Electrocochleography: Treatment, Effects & Risks
