Rinne's and Weber's

Question 1

How is Rinne’s test performed?

Answer 1

A tuning fork is held on the mastoid process

Once the patient can no longer hear the tuning fork, it is moved to the front of the external auditory meatus

Question 2

How is Weber’s test performed?

Answer 2

A tuning fork is placed in the middle of the forehead

Question 3

What is a positive Rinne’s test?

Answer 3

The patient can hear the tuning fork in front of the external auditory meatus, after they can no longer hear it on the mastoid process

Question 4

What does a positive Rinne’s test mean?

Answer 4

Normal air conduction (air conduction should be better than bone conduction)

Question 5

What Rinne’s result is seen in conductive hearing loss?

Answer 5

The patient can hear the tuning fork more when held over the mastoid process, than the auditory meatus

Question 6

What is a normal Weber’s test?

Answer 6

The sound is heard equally in both ears

Question 7

What Rinne’s result is seen in conductive hearing loss?

Answer 7

The sound is heard louder in the affected ear

Question 8

What Rinne’s result is seen in sensorineural hearing loss?

Answer 8

The sound is heard louder in the unaffected ear

Question 9

What is conductive hearing loss?

Answer 9

External or middle ear pathology affects the conduction of sound into the ear

Question 10

What is sensorineural hearing loss?

Answer 10

Inner ear, cochlear or auditory nerve pathology leads to impaired neuronal transmission of sound to the brain