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DVBCWER5 ;ALB/RLC EAR DISEASE WKS TEXT - 1 ; 26 DEC 2006
 ;;2.7;AMIE;**170**;Apr 10, 1995;Build 1
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 ;;A.  Review of Medical Records:  Indicate whether the C-file was reviewed.
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 ;;B.  Medical History (Subjective Complaints):
 ;;
 ;;    1.  Date of onset of condition and circumstances and initial manifestations
 ;;        of the disease or injury.
 ;;    2.  Course since onset.
 ;;    3.  Current treatment, response to treatment, and any side effects.
 ;;    4.  History of related hospitalizations or surgery, dates and location, if
 ;;        known, reason or type of surgery.
 ;;    5.  History of trauma to the ear, with date, type of injury, and cause.
 ;;    6.  Report any of the following symptoms that are present and provide
 ;;        additional information as requested:
 ;;
 ;;        a.  Tinnitus, and state whether constant or recurrent.
 ;;        b.  Hearing loss, and state whether or not it is constant.  If not,
 ;;            state frequency and duration.
 ;;        c.  Balance or gait problems, and state whether or not constant.  If
 ;;            not, state frequency and duration.
 ;;        d.  Ear pain, and state location and whether or not constant.  If not,
 ;;            state frequency and duration.
 ;;        e.  Ear discharge, and state type of discharge and whether or not
 ;;            constant.  If not, state frequency and duration.
 ;;        f.  History of ear infection, and state date of last infection and
 ;;            frequency.
 ;;        g.  Vertigo or dizziness, and state whether or not constant.  If not,
 ;;            state frequency and duration.
 ;;        h.  Pruritus of ear, and state whether or not constant.  If not, state
 ;;            frequency and duration.
 ;;
 ;;    7.  Report history of military, occupational, and recreational noise
 ;;        exposure.
 ;;    8.  History of neoplasm of ear:
 ;;
 ;;        a.  Date of diagnosis, exact diagnosis, location.
 ;;        b.  Benign or malignant.
 ;;        c.  Types of treatment and dates.
 ;;        d.  Last date of treatment.
 ;;        e.  State whether treatment has been completed.
 ;;
 ;;    9.  Other significant ear history.
 ;;
 ;;C.  Physical Examination (Objective Findings):
 ;;
 ;;    1.  Conduct an external and otoscopic examination.  Address each 
 ;;        of the following and describe current findings, including 
 ;;        abnormalities of size, shape, or form:
 ;;
 ;;        a.  Auricle.  State if there is any deformity.  State if there is
 ;;            tissue loss and extent - is it at least one-third of auricle lost,
 ;;            is there total loss?
 ;;        b.  External canal - describe any edema, scaling, discharge.
 ;;        c.  Tympanic membrane - describe if immobile, perforated, or has other
 ;;            abnormality.
 ;;        d.  Aural polyps - number.
 ;;        e.  Mastoids.  Evidence of cholesteatoma?
 ;;        f.  Hearing loss - See audio examination protocol.
 ;;        g.  Evidence of middle ear infection (pain, edema, tenderness,
 ;;            discharge (type), etc.).
 ;;        h.  Evidence of staggering gait or imbalance.
 ;;        i.  Complications and secondary results of ear disease, including
 ;;            disturbance of balance, facial nerve paralysis, repeated upper
 ;;            respiratory disease, hearing loss, tinnitus, bone loss of skull,
 ;;            etc.
 ;;
 ;;    2.  For neoplasm, describe any residuals of the neoplasm and its treatment.
 ;;    3.  Other significant physical findings.
 ;;
 ;;D.  Diagnostic and Clinical Tests:
 ;; 
 ;;    1.  Include results of all diagnostic and clinical tests conducted,
 ;;        including audiologic and radiologic tests, in the examination report.
 ;;
 ;;E.  Diagnosis:
 ;;
 ;;    1.  If a peripheral vestibular disorder was found, what is the exact
 ;;        diagnosis?  Is the diagnosis based on tests or clinical findings?  If
 ;;        tests, please state which tests and results.
 ;;    2.  Do any of the conditions diagnosed represent active ear disease (such
 ;;        as current suppurative otitis media)?  If so, please list which one(s).
 ;;    3.  For each diagnosis, state effects of the condition on occupational
 ;;        functioning and daily activities.
 ;;
 ;;
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 ;;Signature:                             Date:
 ;;END