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AAMA CMA Practice Question

A 7-year-old patient complains of mild hearing loss and intermittent ear pain. During the assessment, the medical assistant is asked to assist with tympanometry. What is the purpose of performing tympanometry in this patient's evaluation?

  • To measure the acoustic reflexes of the cochlea and auditory nerve by presenting a series of pure-tone stimuli

  • To assess the integrity and motility of the eardrum and the air pressure in the middle ear, which can indicate the presence of fluid, infection, or Eustachian tube dysfunction

  • To directly visualize the middle ear and assess for the presence of middle ear tumors or abnormal bone growth

  • To clean the external auditory canal by flushing out earwax accumulation and debris

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