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Otosclerosis - Coggle Diagram
Otosclerosis
Nursing intervention
Refer to audiologist for hearing aids and further assessment
Speak slow in appropriate volume
Rephrase if patient doesn't understand
Encourage use of hearing aids
Speak closer to the patients better ear
Signs and symptoms
Progressing hearing loss
Tinnitus
Vertigo
Diagnostic tests
Audiometry test
Tympanogram
Pathophysiology
The stapes become immobile thus the ossicles are unable to amplify sound causing hearing loss
Nursing diagnosis
Disturbed auditory sensory perception due to hearing loss
Causes
Idiopathic