A hearing test in which a tuning fork is hit and its handle placed near the ear, to test for air conduction, and then on the mastoid process, to test for bone conduction. It is then possible to determine the type of lesion which exists by finding if the sound is heard for a longer period by air or by bone conduction.
A tuning-fork test; a type of hearing test for assessing the kind of hearing loss.
A method to assess hearing by air conduction by holding a vibrating tuning fork at the base of the mastoid process and the prongs near the ear; normally, patients hear the sound longer by air conduction.
A test to determine whether deafness is conductive or perceptive. A vibrating tuning fork is held first in the air, close to the ear, and then with its base placed on the bone (mastoid process) behind the ear. If the sound conducted by air is heard for a longer time than the sound conducted by bone the test is positive and the deafness perceptive; a negative result, when the sound conducted by the bone lasts longer, indicates conductive deafness.
A hearing test in which a vibrating tuning fork is placed on the mastoid process. When the subject can no longer hear the ringing, it is placed beside the ear. Unaffected individuals can then hear the noise once more, but in people with conductive deafness, air conduction does not persist after bone conduction has ceased. It can help to distinguish between nerve (sensorineural) and conduction deafness.
The use of a tuning fork to compare bone conduction hearing with air conduction. The vibrating fork is held by its stem on the mastoid process of the ear until the patient no longer hears it. Then it is held close to the external auditory meatus. If the subject still hears the vibrations, air conduction exceeds bone conduction (this is the normal finding).
A form of hearing assessment employed to discern if hearing loss is conductive, stemming from issues in transmitting sound from the outer to the inner ear, or sensorineural, caused by complications in the inner ear, nerves, or the brain’s auditory region.
A humming tuning fork is first placed against the bone behind the ear, known as the mastoid process, and then brought near the ear. If the sound transmitted through air is heard more distinctly than the sound conducted through the bone, it suggests sensorineural hearing loss. Conversely, if the bone-conducted sound is louder, it points to conductive hearing loss. Rinne’s test is typically used alongside other auditory evaluations.
A hearing test using a tuning fork to determine whether sound is better conducted through air or bone.