FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
PAPER

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PART B
6 Define speech detection threshold, Speech reception
threshold and word recognition testing.
Methods of functional hearing loss detection.

7 Complications of middle ear surgery.
Management of facial nerve injury.
5+5
8 Vestibular Schwannoma treatment options:
Advantages disadvantages of stereotactic radiation
therapy.
Discuss middle cranial fossa approaches.

9 What is hyperacusis, recruitment and test for recruitment?

10 Aims Objectives of mastoid surgery.
Perilymphatic gusher
Contents of internal auditory meatus.