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what is the webers test?
- Strike the fork to produce a note and place the base on the patient’s
vertex, or in the middle of his/her forehead.
• If hearing is normal, or if hearing loss is symmetrical, the noise will
be heard in the middle, or equally in both ears.
• If hearing loss is due to a conductive problem in one ear, sound
will be loudest in that ear – since other, external sounds are not
• If hearing loss is sensorineural, the sound will be loudest in the unaffected ear.
Clarification of type of hearing loss requires Rinne’s
test.
vertex, or in the middle of his/her forehead.
• If hearing is normal, or if hearing loss is symmetrical, the noise will
be heard in the middle, or equally in both ears.
• If hearing loss is due to a conductive problem in one ear, sound
will be loudest in that ear – since other, external sounds are not
• If hearing loss is sensorineural, the sound will be loudest in the unaffected ear.
Clarification of type of hearing loss requires Rinne’s
test.
