183 1. Inquiring Patients Want to Know You are working in a general practice medical office. Your patients ask you the following questions. In the space provided, indicate how you would respond to each question in terms the patient would understand. Use your textbook and Internet resources to develop your responses. 1. What causes an optical illusion? 2. How does LASIK surgery improve vision? 3. How does loud music damage hearing?. 4. What is the reason for putting tubes in the eardrum? 5. What causes eye floaters? 6. Why do my ears get plugged when I am on an airplane? 7. What can cause an eardrum to rupture?. 8. Why does a dog have a better sense of smell than a human? 9. Why can you not taste food when you have a bad cold? 10. Why do you feel dizzy when you spin around?