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# The ENT examination

Otoscopy, tuning forks, audiometry, tympanometry, the vestibular exam, rhinoscopy, laryngoscopy and the neck exam.

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## Examination

- [**Bedside vestibular exam: nystagmus, head impulse, HINTS and Dix-Hallpike** A few eye and head tests at the bedside separate inner-ear vertigo from stroke and diagnose…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/bedside-vestibular-exam-nystagmus-head-impulse-hints-and-dix-hallpike/)
- [**Facial nerve exam and the House–Brackmann scale** Testing the forehead, eyes and mouth tells a stroke from a facial nerve palsy; the…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/facial-nerve-exam-and-the-house-brackmann-scale/)
- [**Mirror and flexible laryngoscopy** Laryngoscopy lets the examiner see the vocal folds and the throat below the tongue; it is the…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/mirror-and-flexible-laryngoscopy/)
- [**Nasal exam: external nose, anterior rhinoscopy and nasal endoscopy** Looking at the outside of the nose, then inside with a speculum and, when needed, an endoscope…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/nasal-exam-external-nose-anterior-rhinoscopy-and-nasal-endoscopy/)
- [**Objective hearing tests: otoacoustic emissions and ABR** Otoacoustic emissions and the auditory brainstem response test hearing without the patient…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/objective-hearing-tests-otoacoustic-emissions-and-abr/)
- [**Oral cavity and oropharynx exam** A careful look and feel of the whole mouth and throat finds early cancer, premalignant patches…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/oral-cavity-and-oropharynx-exam/)
- [**Otoscopy: technique and the normal eardrum** Otoscopy shows the ear canal and eardrum; reading them well separates wax, infection, fluid…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/otoscopy-technique-and-the-normal-eardrum/)
- [**Pure-tone audiometry: how to read an audiogram** The audiogram plots the faintest tone heard at each pitch, by air and by bone; its shape gives…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/pure-tone-audiometry-how-to-read-an-audiogram/)
- [**The ENT neck exam** The ENT neck exam describes any lump precisely and then searches the mouth, nose and throat for…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/the-ent-neck-exam/)
- [**Tuning fork tests: Rinne, Weber and absolute bone conduction** Three quick tuning fork tests tell a conductive from a sensorineural hearing loss at the…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/tuning-fork-tests-rinne-weber-and-absolute-bone-conduction/)
- [**Tympanometry and the acoustic reflex** Tympanometry measures how easily the eardrum moves as air pressure changes; it shows fluid…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/tympanometry-and-the-acoustic-reflex/)
- [**Vestibular laboratory tests: calorics, VNG, video head impulse, VEMP and posturography** Lab tests measure each part of the balance organ: calorics and head impulse test the canals…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/vestibular-laboratory-tests-calorics-vng-video-head-impulse-vemp-and-posturograp/)

## Topic

- [**Common ENT instruments and what they are for** A short guide, in words, to the ENT instruments you will see in clinic, in the emergency room…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/common-ent-instruments-and-what-they-are-for/)
- [**Imaging in ENT: which study for which question** CT shows bone, MRI shows soft tissue and nerves, ultrasound is the first look at a neck lump…](https://durgical.com/en/ent/imaging-in-ent-which-study-for-which-question/)

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