Consider the following excerpt from a clinician’s notes following completion of an EENT examination. Define the below medical terms:
Patient is a 2-year-old male presenting with increased fussiness and low-grade fever, and Mom indicates the child has been tugging at the right ear and was unable to sleep the previous night. Otoscopic examination reveals inflammation of the tympanic membrane. Mom reports that this is the fourth episode of otitis media in the past year. The patient is recommended for myringotomy with tubes to evacuate fluid from behind the eardrum. A follow-up exam was scheduled with an audiologist to conduct an audiometry test to determine if any hearing loss had resulted from the recurrent infections.
a. Otoscopic
b. otitis media
c. myringotomy
d. audiologist
e. audiometry
A. Visually examining the ears
B. Middle ear infection
C. Incision in the eardrum
D. Specialist who evaluates problems associated with hearing
E. Measurement of the sense of hearing
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