Abbreviations Of The Eye and EarBy Marcel Marsh

Pressure Equalizing tube

• Definition- Small tube surgically placed in a child’s eardrum to assist in drainage of trapped fluid and to equalize pressure between the middle ear cavity and the atmosphere

• Abbreviation- PE tube

Ear, Eye, Nose, and throat

• Abbreviation- EENT

Bone Conduction

• Definition- Bone Conduction is the conduction of sound to the inner ear through the bones of the skull

• Abbreviation- BC

Both Ears

• Abbreviation- AU

Otitis Media

• Definition- Middle Ear Infection

• Abbreviation- OM

Emmetropia

• Definition- State of Normal vision

• Abbreviation- EM

Exotropia

• Outward turning of the eye

• Abbreviation- XT

LEFT EYE

• Abbreviation- OS

Extraocular Movement

• Definition- Extraocular Movement are the Seven Movements that control the human eye

• Abbreviation- EOM

Visual Acuity

• Definition- is acuteness or clearness of vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain.

• Abbreviation- VA