Results for “hearing loss”

A 3-year-old non-Aboriginal boy who attends childcare in Melbourne has had a runny nose for two days and woke last night crying and pulling at his right ear. Hi…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

An 18-month-old boy is brought by his parents because he has no words. He walked at 13 months and runs and climbs well. He does not point to show things, does n…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 61-year-old woman reports two weeks of brief episodes of the room spinning, lasting less than 30 seconds, that happen when she rolls over in bed to the right,…

Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · common

A 24-year-old man presents with dark brown urine that began the day after the onset of a sore throat. He recalls two similar episodes in the past two years, eac…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist

You are the intern in a regional hospital's paediatric outpatient clinic. A 3-year-old Aboriginal boy has bilateral middle ear effusions and a 35 dB conductive…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 4-year-old Aboriginal boy from a remote Kimberley community has bilateral chronic suppurative otitis media with a 35 dB conductive hearing loss and delayed sp…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-year-old boy has two years of worsening exercise intolerance, drooping eyelids and newly fitted hearing aids. You take a family history to draw a pedigree.…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A girl born at 38 weeks weighs 2.2 kg and her head circumference is well below the third centile. Scattered purple-red spots over the trunk do not blanch, and t…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 7-year-old boy is referred because he is disruptive at school, cannot wait his turn, and is two years behind in reading. He has lived with his grandmother sin…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · niche

A 7-year-old girl's teacher reports that her schoolwork has fallen away this year and that she "drifts off". Her mother says that twenty or thirty times a day s…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 18-month-old boy is brought back to the general practice by his father. At his 15-month check he was walking, waving goodbye, using eight words and handing h…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 30-month-old boy is reviewed after the practice nurse completed an Ages and Stages Questionnaire with his mother. He scores below the cut-off for communicatio…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 4-month-old girl is referred because her head circumference has fallen from the 25th percentile at birth to below the 3rd percentile. She was born at 39 weeks…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · niche

A 3-year-old boy is brought to the general practice because he uses only about twenty single words and no two-word phrases. He passed his newborn hearing screen…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

A 22-year-old Aboriginal man is brought to a regional hospital by his aunt six weeks after his grandfather's funeral. At night he hears his grandfather calling…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 34-year-old man with schizophrenia, well for two years on aripiprazole 15 mg daily, has not collected a prescription for six weeks and is again hearing neighb…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 71-year-old woman is seen seven weeks after the death of her husband of 48 years. She cries most days and sleeps poorly, and has lost 3 kg. She is still cooki…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · common

An 83-year-old woman in residential care has advanced Alzheimer disease. Over six weeks she has repeatedly struck staff during personal care and shouts that the…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · common

An 84-year-old woman is referred for assessment of memory loss. Her daughter says she has become withdrawn at family gatherings and often answers questions inap…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 12-year-old girl has moderate intellectual disability and speaks only in single words. Her family has just moved to Perth. A chromosomal microarray was sent t…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist