Otolaryngology - Fact and Fiction
Test your knowledge of common ear, nose and throat disorders and
their treatment.
1. Cotton swabs are a safe and easy way to clean wax from inside your
ears.
- Fact
or Fiction
2. Reading in a moving car can cause motion
sickness (make you "car sick").
- Fact
or Fiction
3. Hay fever is not caused by hay and does not
cause a fever.
- Fact
or Fiction
4. Tonsils and adenoids filter bacteria out of
what we swallow and breathe.
- Fact
or Fiction
5. A person can be trained or conditioned not
to snore.
- Fact
or Fiction
6. You can "toughen up" your ears by continued
exposure to loud noise
- Fact
or Fiction
7. You should avoid speaking or singing when
your voice is hoarse.
- Fact
or Fiction
8. You don't have to go swimming to get
"swimmer's ear."
- Fact
or Fiction