(n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
Example Sentences:
(1) Observations were recorded by three distinctly different methods of measurement: the surgeon, the MD-2 Impedance Analyzer, and the Acoustic Otoscope immediately before and after induction of anesthesia.
(2) In addition, otoscopic accuracy is a prerequisite to optimal patient care.
(3) The clinical signs and symptoms (hypoacusis, conduction deafness) and the otoscopic and rhinoscopic findings of treated patients improved.
(4) An attempt has been made to correlate the otoscopic profile with the extent of disease, osteitic damage and co-existing complications.
(5) Office otoscopes should be maintained properly to ensure optimal performance.
(6) It correctly identified conductive loss or otoscopic abnormality only slightly better than chance57% to 66% of the time.
(7) Based on this study, a more aggressive canal down tympanomastoid approach is advocated for children presenting with this otoscopic profile.
(8) Newborns have been examined with an otoscope and two different kinds of nasal lesions have been considered: (1) pyramid deformation with septum dislocation and columella deviation; (2) deviation and subluxation of the septum.
(9) We compared acoustic reflectometry with over 4,000 tympanometric and otoscopic examinations in 451 children who were examined at regular intervals following surgery for chronic otitis media with effusion.
(10) The sound-generating otoscope was found to agree 92.4% of the time.
(11) On ear, nose, and throat (ENT) otoscopic examination, the incidence of middle ear disease requiring treatment was 12%.
(12) A comparison between subjects with unrepaired and repaired palates revealed a similar rate of otoscopically normal ears in subjects older than 10 years of age.
(13) The otoscopic findings, as reported by the primary physician and otolaryngologist, were compared with the results of tympanometry.
(14) Validation of otoscopic diagnostic accuracy is an important aspect of medical education and is necessary to substantiate clinical research observations.
(15) These include misidentification of the tube as a foreign body or a dislocated ossicle, misidentification of debris or normal ossicles as a tympanostomy tube, confirmation of the presence of a tube not seen on otoscopic evaluation, stimulation of careful search for cholesteatoma, and documentation of intervention.
(16) Pressure recordings were made in a series of examinations with the pneumatic otoscope using the ear microscope.
(17) Otoscopic findings indicated that external ear canal differences cannot completely account for tympanometric differences between young infants and adults.
(18) They must apply all the facilities at their disposal in order to correlate the otoscopic clinical findings with the magnitude and type of hearing loss.
(19) Using acoustic otoscope reflectivity (AOR) units 4 through 9 to indicate pathologic ears, its sensitivity and specificity were found to be 93.14% and 83%, respectively.
(20) Hearing levels and otoscopic evaluations were obtained retrospectively from medical records.
Otoscopy
Definition:
(n.) The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.
Example Sentences:
(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.