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Diagnostic technique for the detection of middle ear effusion. It measures the level of sound transmitted and reflected from the middle ear to a microphone located in a probe tip placed against the ear canal and directed toward the tympanic membrane.  

A part of the brain that lies over the vestibular and cochlear nuclei.  

Auditory apparatus; the anatomical structures essential for hearing.  

Inability to recall and identify sounds.  

Feeling unsatisfied after a meal for some reason other than hunger.  

Joint inflammation accompanying acne fulminans, typically in adolescent boys. It is a rare type of spondyloarthropathy. The joint disease in AAA commonly involves the acromioclavicular and sacroiliac joints. Painful hyperostosis of the sternum and clavicles are typical finding. The syndrome is also known as SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteomyelitis). Affected boys are…

Vesiculopustular folliculitis that occurs mostly on the temples and frontal margins of the scalp but may be seen on the chest, back, or nose.  

An acneiform eruption of itching wheals.