What's the difference between auriscopy and otoscopy?
Auriscopy
Definition:
(n.) Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.
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Otoscopy
Definition:
(n.) The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.
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(1) This study supports the view that tympanometry should be interpreted as part of a battery of tests which includes otoscopy, audiometry, and acoustic reflex measurements.
(2) The ear health and state of hearing of 642 Aboriginal children living in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia in 1989 was assessed by audiometry, otoscopy and tympanometry in order to establish the efficacy of the existing ear health program.
(3) Two acoustic immittance screening procedures were evaluated in conjunction with pneumatic otoscopy, performed by a pediatric otolaryngologist.
(4) Twenty-five eardrums of 15 healthy children without past or present history of otological disease were examined using otoscopy; a photograph of each eardrum was obtained.
(5) Telescopic video otoscopy combined with the use of a video printer is a useful addition to the clinical practice of otology.
(6) A light output of 100 foot-candles or more was judged optimal for clinical otoscopy.
(7) A number (210) of children were followed longitudinally through the first two years of life with pneumatic otoscopy and electroacoustic immitance, tympanometry, at every physician encounter.
(8) All children received pneumatic otoscopy, tympanometry, pure tone audiometry, and a battery of language measures.
(9) Radiology and otoscopy were tested as means of antemortem screening for affected guinea pigs.
(10) When persistent middle ear effusion was analyzed by pneumatic otoscopy, 64 of 103 affected ears (62.1%) treated with cefprozil and 80 of 105 affected ears (76.1%) treated with amoxicillin clavulanate potassium were abnormal (P = 0.04).
(11) Tympanograms were combined with the specialist's otoscopy findings to determine whether effusion was present.
(12) This survey investigated the use of acoustic impedance measurement on a population of multiply handicapped children and correlated the results with otoscopy.
(13) Additionally, a combined otoscopy and tympanometry sensitivity and specificity were calculated for those otoscopy and tympanometry determinations in agreement, revealing both sensitivity and specificity above 90%.
(14) There was no significant difference (P greater than 0.05) between the predictive value of pneumatic otoscopy (88%) and tympanometry (89%).
(15) Comparing evidence of effusion by tympanometry with that by pneumatic otoscopy showed that using the appearance of the eardrum alone the sensitivity of otoscopy was 55%; the addition of mobility improved the sensitivity to 76% with little reduction in specificity.
(16) There are limitations to observer reliability with otoscopy, which has good sensitivity but poor specificity, in contrast to immitance audiometry.
(17) A chi-square was performed to compare the sensitivity and specificity to tympanometry to otoscopy, revealing tympanometry significantly better at determining non-effusion states.
(18) A simple and economical method of telescopic pneumatic otoscopy (pneumatic teleotoscopy) is also described.
(19) Clinical efficacy was determined by pneumatic otoscopy and tympanometric testing 3 to 5, 11 to 14, and 22 to 26 days after the initiation of therapy.
(20) Otoscopy was performed in all patients and tympanogram was done in two patients.