Schwabach Test
Schwabach Test
A vibrating tuning fork is held against the mastoid process, as in Rinne’s test, until it is no longer audible to the patient. The examiner then places the tuning fork over his/her own mastoid, hence comparing bone conduction with that of the patient. If still audible to the examiner (presumed to have normal hearing), a sensorineural hearing loss is suspected, whereas in conductive hearing loss the test is normal.
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