Webers, Rinne, Gross, Audiogram Ear Tests Flashcards
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Weber test- purpose?
Helps to assess unilateral hearing loss
Weber test- procedure?
Place a vibrating tuning fork on the middle of the patient’s head, ask the
patient if the sound is heard, ask if sound is heard equally in both ears or better in one. Check this by covering one ear and asking again which ear sounds better (the occluded ear should sound better).
Weber test- what is expected with conductive hearing loss?
The sound is heard better in the bad ear.
Weber test- what is expected with sensorineural hearing loss?
The sound is heard better in the good ear.
Rinne test- purpose?
Helps distinguish whether patient hears better by air or bone conduction
Rinne test- procedure?
Place vibrating tuning fork against patient’s mastoid bone, ask patient if
sound is heard, have patient tell you when they no longer hear the sound (count seconds), then move 1-2cm in front of ear, ask patient’s if they can hear it, then have the patient tell you when they no longer hear the sound (count seconds)
Rinne test- expected/normal results?
Aka Rinne positive findings.
AC>BC in 2:1 ratio
Rinne test- what is expected with conductive hearing loss?
Aka Rinne negative findings.
BC>AC on affected side
Rinne test- what is expected with sensorineural hearing loss?
AC>BC but less than a 2:1 ratio
Whisper test- procedure?
Occlude patient’s untested ear, stand out of line of vision about 1-2 ft
away from side being tested (open ear), whisper word with 2 syllables, ask patient to repeat the word, move to other side and do the same with different words, ask patient to repeat the word, exhale fully to produce whisper sound.
Audiogram- what is it?
Audiogram is a graphical display of the hearing tests, graphing frequency (in Hz) vs the intensity/loudness of sounds (in dB).
Audiogram- what’s the purpose?
It is used to show the amount of hearing loss that an individual has for each ear.
