Rinne test

Rinne test
(for hearing) with the opposite ear masked, vibrating tuning forks of 256, 512, and 1024 Hz alternately have their stems placed on the mastoid process and just outside the external auditory meatus until nothing is heard at one of these positions. When air conduction is greater than bone conduction (positive Rinne test), it indicates normal hearing or sensorineural hearing loss. When bone conduction is greater than air conduction (negative Rinne test), it indicates conductive hearing loss.

Rinne test. Tuning fork placed on mastoid bone for bone conduction (A) and held in front of ear for air conduction (B).


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