Strike the tines onethird of the way from the free end of the prong onto a. Tuning fork, rinne, weber, audiometry sensitivity, specificity. Rinne and weber tests are considered an important diagnosis tool. Hipoacusia trastornos otorrinolaringologicos manual msd. Exploracion del viii par cranealnervio auditivo octavo par. In rinnes test you strike the tuning fork and hold it against the outcrop of. The weber test consists of placing the tuning fork on the forehead.
Pedro badia v 1, claudio callejas c 1, claudia gonzalez g 1, pilar gajardo o 2, jose luis anabalon b 3, claudio correa g 3. A rinne test should be done with a weber test to detect a sensorineural hearing loss. The patient will receive both sounds via the air testing conduction and through their skull testing sensorineural. There are a number of different tuning fork tests in literature.
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