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In a procedure known as ________, a hole in the retina is fixed using surgical fixation with cold.

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The misalignment of the eyes is called ________ and makes it look like a person is looking in two different directions.

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A person who is profoundly deaf and cannot benefit from using a hearing aid may be a candidate for a(n) ________, which stimulates the auditory nerve.

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In which ear disorder does the patient complain that the room appears to spin, causing dizziness, and the sensation is exacerbated by any movement, sometimes to the point of nausea and vomiting?


A) Presbycusis
B) Ruptured eardrum
C) Otosclerosis
D) Pruritus
E) Labyrinthitis

F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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To perform the _____ hearing test, the practitioner measures the amount of time the patient can hear the sound from a tuning fork placed near the mastoid bone. This is then followed by measuring the amount of time the patient can hear the sound when the tuning fork is placed near the ear canal.

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Ringing in the ears is called ____.


A) cerumen
B) tinnitus
C) pruritus
D) vertigo
E) presbycusis

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Which progressive eye disease causes a loss of vision in the center of an image, while peripheral vision remains intact?


A) Cataracts
B) Glaucoma
C) Macular degeneration
D) Presbyopia
E) Iritis

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Which of the following is used to test for distance vision?


A) Jaeger chart
B) Ishihara book
C) Snellen chart
D) Richmond pocket chart
E) Pelli-Robson chart

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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The Snellen letter chart is commonly used to test for ____.


A) hyperopia
B) myopia
C) color blindness
D) contrast sensitivity
E) amblyopia

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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If the audiometer is adjusted to increase the decibel level, the sound produced by the audiometer will become ____.


A) louder
B) softer
C) higher-pitched
D) lower-pitched
E) weaker

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Symptoms of retinal detachment include ____.


A) red, itchy eyes and a crust that develops on the eye during sleep
B) pain or discomfort in one or both eyes
C) flashes of light or floating black shapes and progressively blurred vision
D) a red, painful swelling on the edge of the eye with a whitehead of pus
E) loss of vision at the center of an image

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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A(n) ________ is a handheld instrument with a light that is used to view the inner eye structures.

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Which condition distorts vision because the cornea is unevenly curved?


A) Astigmatism
B) Hyperopia
C) Myopia
D) Presbyopia
E) Cataracts

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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The only medications that should be used in the eye are called _______ medications.

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Which of the following is not a possible symptom of an ear infection in a young child?


A) Fever
B) Excessive crankiness
C) Difficulty balancing
D) Rubbing the ear
E) Vomiting

F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

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