otoscope
Eardrum viewing device
An otoscope is a handheld medical instrument used to examine the ear canal and eardrum.
It consists of a light, a magnifying lens, and a cone-shaped speculum that fits into the ear opening.
Doctors use otoscopes to diagnose ear infections, blockages, and other conditions: The pediatrician looked in her ear with an otoscope.
Ear canal inspection procedure
- speculumMedical opening device
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
- insufflationBlowing into body cavity
- cerumenWaxy ear discharge
earwax · tympanic · eardrum · canal · pinna · auricle · infection · inflammation
Medical opening device
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- illuminationProvision of light
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
fiber-optic · eyepiece · handle · battery · disposable · reusable · ophthalmoscope · pocket
Perceiving sound waves
- audiologistHearing disorder specialist
- otologistSpecialist in hearing medicine
- ENTHead orifice specialty
- audiometryEvaluation of hearing ability
audiogram · impedance · conductive · tinnitus · frequency · decibels · threshold · screening
otoscopy
Ear canal inspection procedure
- speculumMedical opening device
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
- insufflationBlowing into body cavity
cerumen · earwax · tympanic · eardrum · canal · pinna · auricle · infection · inflammation · perforation
speculum
Medical opening device
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- illuminationProvision of light
LED · fiber-optic · eyepiece · handle · battery · disposable · reusable · ophthalmoscope · pocket · wall-mounted
hearing
Perceiving sound waves
- audiologistHearing disorder specialist
- otologistSpecialist in hearing medicine
- ENTHead orifice specialty
audiometry · audiogram · impedance · conductive · tinnitus · frequency · decibels · threshold · screening · referral
effusion
Unrestrained emotional discharge
- perforationHole punched through something
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
bulging · erythema · fluid · pus · impaction · stenosis · infection · chronic · acute
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