ENT Flashcards
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Q
How to interpret Rinnes and Webver’s test ?
A
Rinnes - test the tuning fork in front of the ear and then over the mastoid process. Air conduction should be louder than bone conduction. Bone conduction being louder suggests conductive hearing loss in that ear.
In sensorineural hearing loss, air conduction would still be heard louder than bone conduction (normal)
Webers - tuning fork on the centre of the forehead. Normal result is heard equally in both ears. In conductive hearing loss - heard louder in the affected ear. In sensorineural hearing loss - heard louder in the unaffected ear.
