{"id":2977,"date":"2024-08-13T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2977"},"modified":"2024-11-18T13:20:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T18:20:45","slug":"key-takeaways-7","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/chapter\/key-takeaways-7\/","title":{"raw":"Key Takeaways","rendered":"Key Takeaways"},"content":{"raw":"<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The vestibulocochlear system is composed of the external ear, the middle ear, inner ear, and the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve [CN] VIII), and are responsible for hearing and instrumental for motion, head position, spatial orientation, balance, and posture (some of these latter components are discussed in the neurological chapter).<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Common symptoms that can be related to the vestibulocochlear system include pain, hearing impairment, dizziness, vertigo, pruritus, discolouration, discharge, and tinnitus.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">An objective assessment of the vestibulocochlear system includes a brief scan, inspection and palpation of the external ear, otoscopic examination, and hearing assessment.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Health promotion interventions should be developed in collaboration with the client and focus on what is important to them.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The vestibulocochlear system is composed of the external ear, the middle ear, inner ear, and the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve [CN] VIII), and are responsible for hearing and instrumental for motion, head position, spatial orientation, balance, and posture (some of these latter components are discussed in the neurological chapter).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Common symptoms that can be related to the vestibulocochlear system include pain, hearing impairment, dizziness, vertigo, pruritus, discolouration, discharge, and tinnitus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">An objective assessment of the vestibulocochlear system includes a brief scan, inspection and palpation of the external ear, otoscopic examination, and hearing assessment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Health promotion interventions should be developed in collaboration with the client and focus on what is important to them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"menu_order":10,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2977","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":2956,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3582,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2977\/revisions\/3582"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/2956"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2977\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2977"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2977"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}