Audiology

Describe Rinne's test.

How do you interpret the results of Rinne's test?

What is a FALSE RINNE NEGATIVE?

Describe the term cross-hearing.

Describe Weber's test.

How do you interpret the results from Weber's test?

What kind of tuning fork result would you expect in a patient with a right sided perforation?

What kind of tuning fork result would you expect in a patient with a unilateral profound SNHL in the left ear?

What kind of tuning fork result would you expect in a patient with presbyacusis?

What are the pitfalls of tuning fork tests?

What is Pure Tone Audiometry used for?

What symbols are used on an audiogram?

What would a normal audiogram look like?

What is meant by cochlear/retro-cochlear hearing loss?

What would an audiogram showing SNHL look like?

What happens to the audiogram when there is a conductive hearing loss?

Conductive loss audiogram example.

What is 'masking'?

What are the frequency limits of bone conduction?

Which ear should you test first with pure tone?

What is tympanometry?

How should a tympanogram be read?

Picture of a normal tympanogram (Type A). These indicate a normal middle ear system, free of fluid or physiological anomalies which would prevent the admittance of sound from the middle ear into the cochlea.

What is a type As tympanogram?

PIcture of Type As tympanogram

What is a Type Ad tympanogram?

Picture of a type Ad tympanogram.

What does a Type B tympanogram look like/indicate?

Picture of a Type B tympanogram

What does a Type C tympanogram look like/indicate?

Picture of a Type C tympanogram.

Give the normative values for ear canal volume, middle ear pressure and gradient.