ENT MCQs

Sensorineural hearing loss is hearing impairment caused by cochlear or auditory nerve dysfunction.

Ménière disease is a disorder with episodic vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus and aural fullness.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is brief positional vertigo caused by displaced otoconia in a semicircular canal.

Epistaxis is bleeding from the nasal cavity.

Acute bacterial sinusitis is bacterial infection of a paranasal sinus following impaired drainage.

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the palatine tonsils, usually infectious.

Peritonsillar abscess is a collection beside the tonsil causing severe sore throat, muffled voice and uvular deviation.

Stridor is a harsh high-pitched respiratory sound caused by upper-airway narrowing.

Vocal-cord palsy is impaired movement of a vocal fold due to nerve or muscle dysfunction.

Foreign body airway obstruction is partial or complete blockage of the airway by an inhaled object.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumour arising in the nasopharynx, sometimes presenting with neck nodes or ear symptoms.

Tracheostomy is a surgically created opening into the trachea to establish or support an airway.