Air Bone Gaps in Inner Ear Disorders

This article looks at the presence of Air Bone Gap, with Inner Ear Diseases.

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The aim of this article is to look Air Bone Gaps with Inner Ear Disease.

Editor's comments:
This article was interesting and informative. It provides a concise review of the Inner Ear Diseases that present with an Air Bone Gap.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

1. Definition of an Air Bone Gap

2. The typical cause of an Air Bone Gap with Middle Ear Disease
3. The cause of an Air Bone Gap with Inner Ear Disease
4. The “Third Window” phenomena
5. The audiological and vestibular symptoms that occur with the Third Window
6. Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
7. Posterior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
8. Lateral Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
9. Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct (EVA) Syndrome
10. X-linked Stapes Gusher
11. Bone Dyscrasias
12. Cochlear Dehiscence
13. Endolympathic Hydrops
14. Typical clinical finding with an Air Bone Gap and Inner Ear Diseases.

Instructions for this Module

• Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
• You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
• The pass grade is 70%;
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