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Diminished breathing sound that is heard above the jugular fossa, which is indicative of tracheal stenosis.  

Rod-shaped structures, present in the cytoplasm of myeloblasts, myelocytes, and monoblasts, found in leukemia.  

A software tracking notation system used for data security. An audit trail is attached to a computer file each time it is opened so that an operator can determine when a file has been accessed and by whom.  

A form of congenital hearing loss in which the cochlea functions normally, but retrocochlear (brainstem or brain) structures fail to process sound properly. This condition is also known as auditory neuropathy.  

The hearing center of the cerebral cortex; located in the floor of the lateral fissure and surfacing on the dorsal surface of the superior temporal gyrus. It receives auditory fibers from the medial geniculate body.  

Excessive attention to sounds that do not disturb others.  

A device used to test hearing, especially in the 500 to 4000 Hz range — the range of human speech. It combines an otoscope (used to identify cerumen impaction or abnormalities that may cause conductive hearing loss) with an audiometer (set at 40 dB) to assess the ability to hear particular tones.