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Tuning Fork TestsAka: Weber Test, Weber's Test, Rinne Test, Rinne's Test

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  1. Indication: Differentiate Hearing Loss cause
    1. Sensorineural Hearing Loss
    2. Conductive Hearing Loss
  2. Preparation
    1. Tuning fork should be 512 Hz to 1024 Hz
  3. Weber Test
    1. Technique: Tuning Fork placed at midline forehead
    2. Normal: Sound radiates to both ears equally
    3. Abnormal: Sound lateralizes to one ear
      1. Ipsilateral Conductive Hearing Loss OR
      2. Contralateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss
  4. Rinne Test
    1. Technique
      1. First: Bone Conduction
        1. Vibrating Tuning Fork held on Mastoid
        2. Patient covers opposite ear with hand
        3. Patient signals when sound ceases
        4. Move the vibrating tuning fork over the ear canal
          1. Near, but not touching the ear
      2. Next: Air Conduction
        1. Patient indicates when the sound ceases
    2. Normal: Air Conduction is better than Bone Conduction
      1. Air conduction usually persists twice as long as bone
      2. Referred to as "positive test"
    3. Abnormal: Bone conduction better than air conduction
      1. Suggests Conductive Hearing Loss
      2. Referred to as "negative test"

Rinne test (C0278245)

ConceptsDiagnostic Procedure (T060)
EnglishRinne test, Rinne tuning fork test, Rinne's test
Spanishprueba de Rinne, prueba del diapason de Rinne
Parent ConceptsSpecial investigations on ear (C0430606), Audiologic AND/OR audiometric test including vestibular function (C1293914)
SourcesSCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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