Trauma

Question 1

what hearing loss does this cause

Answer 1

can be conductive, sensorineural or mixed

Question 2

what does bruising over the mastoid indicate

Answer 2

skull fracture (battles sign)

Question 3

in a skull fracture what causes conductive hearing loss

Answer 3

injury to ossicles, blood in inner ear, perforated ear drum

Question 4

in a skull fracture what causes sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 4

fracture passing through inner ear

Question 5

what causes facial palsy

Answer 5

fracture through facial nerve

Question 6

what type of hearing loss is facial palsy commonly associated with

Answer 6

sensorineural

Question 7

what causes CSF leak in a skull fracture

Answer 7

fracture through temporal bone might tear dura