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Take our Fact and Fiction Quiz
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
Reprinted from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery Web site with permission of the American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, copyright
© 2003.
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