Auditory Pathway — Nuclei Sequence
2 pointsAscending relay order from spiral ganglion to cortex
Developmental (caudal-to-rostral) maturation of the relay nuclei
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Ascending relay order from spiral ganglion to cortex
Developmental (caudal-to-rostral) maturation of the relay nuclei
Brief morning positional vertigo - BPPV over Meniere and neuritis
Dix-Hallpike diagnoses, Epley treats posterior-canal BPPV
Intracranial spread - Griesinger, Bezold, Delta signs and the lymphatic exception
Gradenigo triad exception and lateral sinus thrombosis tests
Attic cholesteatoma, perilymph fistula and failed-mastoidectomy petrositis
Cochlear implant candidacy - functioning auditory nerve is mandatory
Component implanted at surgery - receiver-stimulator vs external parts
Device selection - BAHA for atresia, ABI for absent nerve
Intractable-vertigo surgery choice and intratympanic gentamicin mechanism
Meniere true-statement - electrocochleography and hydrops audiogram
OME otoscopy and type-B tympanogram vs the 'purulent' trap
Tubercular OM - painless multiple-perforation exception
Third-window signs, Tullio phenomenon and the SNHL exception
Rinne negative with perforation and the frequency-switch air-bone gap
Weber lateralization logic and the Gelle test for stapes fixation
Test not applicable to non-organic hearing loss
Head impulse saccade direction in acute vestibular neuritis
Nystagmus slow-component localisation and cold-caloric COWS
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