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6 years ago
During the examination of the ear, a dark yellow substance is noted in the ear canal. The tympanic membrane is not visible. The patient's wife complains that he never hears what she says lately.
 
  These findings would suggest that the nurse prepare the patient for which procedure?
  a. Tympanoplasty
  b. Irrigation of the ear
  c. Pure tone test
  d. Otoscopic exam by a specialist
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6 years ago
ANS: B
The symptoms are consistent with blockage of the ear canal with cerumen, which then needs to be removed by irrigation, so that further examination of the ear drum and hearing can be accomplished. A tympanoplasty is only warranted if there has been a perforation, which is unknown at the present.
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