1. Abbreviations of the
Eye and Ear
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2. PE Tube: Pressure Equalizing
Tube
S Small tube
S Surgically implanted into
child’s eardrum to assist
in draining trapped fluid
S Equalizes pressure
between middle ear and
outside atmosphere

3. EENT: Eyes, Ears, Nose and
Throat
S EENT often refers to a physician or office where the
physicians specialize in diagnosing and treating the eyes,
ears, nose, and throat

4. BC: Bone Conduction
S Bone conduction is the conduction of sound to the inner ear
through the bones of the ear
S 3 ear bones:
S Malleus
S Incus
S Stapes
S BC is why people’s voices sound differently recorded than
when they hear themselves talk
S The skull conducts better at lower frequencies than air
S People usually perceive their voice to be lower and fuller

5. AU: Both Ears

6. OM: Otitis Media
S Middle Ear Infection/
Inflammation
S Commonly seen in
children
S Fluid accumulation in the
ear cavity that may be
watery or full of pus
S Symptoms Include: fever, Normal Middle Ear VS. Infected Middle Ear
ear pain, and a feeling of
fullness in the ear

7. EM:Emmetropia
S State of normal vision
S Rays of light that enter the eye focus properly at the
retina
S No need for corrective lenses or surgery

8. XT: Extropia
S Outward turns
outward due to
muscle weakness
S Also called wall-eyed
S Opposite of cross-
eyed
Extropia of the Left Eye

9. OS: Left Eye

10. EOM: Extraocular Movement
S Eye movements
controlled by muscles
innervated by cranial
nerves III, IV and VI.
S Testing these eye
movements looks for
damage to the nerves
S Most common
symptom from damage
is double vision

11. VA: Visual Acuity
S The measurement of
the sharpness of vision
S Tested by using a
Snellen chart
S Patient stands 20 feet
away from chart and
indentifies letters from
that distance

12. References
S Fremgen, Bonnie F., and Suzanne S. Frucht. Medical
Terminology: A Living Language. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009. Print.
S http://www.medicinenet.com/ear_infection/article.htm
S http://www.neuroexam.com/neuroexam/content.php?p=2
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