An able airman with a disqualify-. ing diagnosis, after FAA review, is given. a letter that permits any Aviation Medi-. cal Examiner to certify after reviewing. the pilot's current medical status, with-. out involving the bureaucracy.
Normal Lung Sounds. Normal breath sounds are classified as tracheal, bronchial, and vesicular sounds. The patterns of normal breath sounds are created by the effect of body structures on air moving through airway. Normal lung sounds can be considered abnormal when the sound occurs in an area in which the sounds should not be present.
Row 4-Right= Bronchial Breath Sound. Wheezes (Sibilant)- a high-pitched, musical sound similar to a squeak. It is heard most commonly during expiration, but also can be heard during inspiration. It is heard in narrowed airway diseases such as asthma and chronic emphysema. Stridor-a high pitched, piercing sound that occurs secondary to an upper airway obstruction (such as in trachea or larynx) such as croup, foreign body obstruction, large airway tumor. Wheezes (Sonorous)- (formerly called rhonchi).