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Otolaryngology1) The following statements regarding noise 5) What is the typical audiogram finding in
are true EXCEPT: noise induced hearing loss:
a) Temporary threshold shift recovers a) Conductive loss in the low frequencies
following cessation of noise exposure b) Conductive loss at 2000 Hz
b) Permanent threshold shift is c) Sensorineural loss at 2000 Hz
characterized by a progressive pattern of d) Sensorineural loss at 4000 Hz
hearing loss e) Mixed broad spectrum hearing loss
c) Most cases of permanent threshold shift
are surgically treatable
d) Higher frequency noise is more 6) Which of the following is not a complication
damaging than low frequency noise of untreated otitis media?
e) None of the above a) Cholesteatoma
b) Meningitis
c) Tympanic membrane perforation
2) The frequencies most necessary for the d) Trigeminal neuralgia
understanding of speech extend from about: e) Conductive hearing loss
a) 20-20 000 Hz
b) 400-4 000 Hz
c) 250-8 000 Hz 7) Complications of tonsillectomy include all of
d) 100-5 000 Hz the following EXCEPT:
e) None of the above a) Secondary hemorrhage
b) Severe otalgia
c) Quinsy
3) Conductive hearing loss is a symptom of: d) Nasopharyngeal stenosis
a) Presbycusis e) None of the above
b) Meniere disease
c) Cholesteatoma
d) Bell palsy 8) Features characteristic of acute tonsillitis
e) Acoustic neuroma include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Odynophagia
b) Cough
4) The following statements regarding epistaxis c) Referred otalgia
are false EXCEPT: d) Cervical lymphadenopathy
a) Epistaxis rarely occurs in children e) Dysphagia
b) It commonly results from rupture of
posterior placed nasal vessels
c) It may be treated by ligation of the 9) A 6 month-old baby has had mild inspiratory
ipsilateral internal carotid artery stridor for the last 2 months. The most likely
d) Epistaxis may be treated by cautery of cause of this is:
Little's area with silver nitrate a) Laryngomalacia
e) It is not a common cause of emergency b) Acute epiglottitis
admission to ENT wards c) Croup
d) Tonsillar hypertrophy
e) Foreign body aspiration
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