1. Nursing instructions for a patient suffering from external otitis should include the:

2. Postoperative nursing assessment for a patient who has had a mastoidectomy should include observing for facial paralysis, which might indicate damage to which cranial nerve?

3. The minimum noise level known to cause noise-induced hearing loss, regardless of duration, is:

4. The most common fungus associated with ear infections is:

5. A sensorineural (perceptive) hearing loss results from impairment of the:

6. The physician ordered an examination of the middle ear to assess muscle reflex to sound. The nurse knows to prepare the patient for a(an):

7. To straighten the ear canal for examination, the nurse would grasp the auricle and pull it:

8. It is projected that by 2050 what percentage of people over 55 years of age will have some form of hearing loss?

9. The critical level of loudness that most people (without a hearing loss) are comfortable with is a decibel (dB) reading of:

10. An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor of which cranial nerve?

11. What is the occurrence of hearing impairment, at birth, which is related to genetic factors 50% of the time?

12. Changes in the ear that occur with aging may include:

13. A tympanoplasty, the most common procedure for chronic otitis media, is surgically performed to:

14. A hearing loss that is a manifestation of an emotional disturbance is known as what kind of hearing loss?

15. An incident of otitis media is usually associated with:

16. Mechanical vibrations are transformed into neural activity so that sounds can be differentiated by the:

17. A facial nerve neuroma is a tumor on which cranial nerve?

18. Severe hearing loss is associated with a decibel loss in the range of:

19. A dietary modification for a patient with Ménière’s disease would be:

20. A symptom that is not usually found with acute otitis media is:

21. A myringotomy is performed primarily to:

22. The organ of hearing is known as the: