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SPECIAL SENSES: THE EYE AND THE EAR
Abbreviations
PE Tube
Stands for Pressure Tube Equalizing
Small tube surgically placed in a child’s eardrum to assist in drainage of trapped fluid and to equalize pressure between the middle ear cavity and atmosphere
EENT
Stands of eyes, ears, nose, and throat Can be used to describe a physician
BC
Stands for bone conduction
The conduction of sound to the inner ear through the bones of the skull
Some hearing aids use bone conduction
AU
Stands for both ears Can be used in medical records in order
to describe both ears or a condition affecting both ears
Example: There is hearing loss in AU (both ears)
OM
Stands for otitis media
Means inflammation in middle ear or middle ear infection
occurs in the area between the end of the outer ear and the inner ear including the Eustachian tube
Commonly called an Earache
EM
Stands for emmetropia Normal condition of vision
XT
Stands for Extropia Outward turning of
the eye Commonly called
wall-eyed An example of
muscle weakness fo the eye (strabismus)
OS
Stands for Left Eye Can be used in medical records to
describe a condition or state Example: There is a cataract in the OS
(left eye)
EOM
Stands for extraocular movement Means eye movement
VA
Stands for Visual Activity Means the eyes can actively see
References
Medical Terminology: A Living Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Bone_conduction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otitis_media