Hearing Loss Overview Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two types of hearing loss and which part of the ears do they stem from?
A
Conductive - Outer and Middle
Sensoryneural - Inner
2
Q
What tests help to distinguish between the two types of hearing loss?
A
Rinet - Positive is normal.
Air should be better than bone. If not then something is inhibiting the air - conductive hearing loss
Weber - Moves to side of conductive hearing loss or better neural
