For the Week ending 09/28/2007
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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Passageway connecting the middle ear to the nose and throat. This opens to equalize pressure in the middle ear.
Swallowing and yawning cause contraction of small muscles in the back of the throat, and help to regulate _______ function. |
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Sensation of motion, often described as objects spinning around a person or the person spinning around the room with the room still.
_______ is sometimes referred to as a hallucination of motion. |
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The medical term for the bones in the middle ear; they encompass the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil) and stapes (stirrup).
The _______ are the three smallest bones in the human body. |
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Hearing loss related to age
After John turned seventy, he noticed he always had to turn the TV volume up very loud due to _______. |
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A sensation of ringing, buzzing, or whooshing occurring without a source creating the sound
Jill's suffering from _______, was actually changing her personality as a result of those awful ringing noises in her ear. |