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Exercise V: Hearing and Equilibrium nne test and the Weber test can be used to distinguish between conductive hearing loss and neural hearing os by testing the difference in hearing through air conduction versus bone conduction. People with normall hearing can hear the sound better by air conduction (Graham &Baguley; 2009) Procedure First, test for conductive hearing loss by performing the Rinne test. Place a vibrating tuning fork handle on the mastoid process. When you can no longer hear the vibration, place the tuning fork in front of the acoustic meat Do this with both ears. If you do not have conductive hearing loss you should be able to continue hearing the sound after you have moved it to the front of the acoustic meatus (positive Rinne test). If you do have conductive hearing loss you will not be able to hear the tuning fork after moving it (negative Rinne test) (Graham& Baguley us. 2009) Record observations: Left ear Nes Right ear Yes st for neural hearing loss, perform the Weber test by placing the tuning fork on the highest point of the skull To te tone equally on both sides In neural affected side (Graham&Baguley; 2009) midsagittal plane and ask the subjec dsagittal plane and ask the subject on which side the sound is loudest. Normal individuals will hear the hearing loss, the tone is louder on the normal side. In conductive hearing loss, the tone is louder on the Record observations: Left ear Yes Right ear Alo

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1. From a regular checkup, when I have been through to the tests like ‘Rinne’s test’ and ‘Weber’s test’, I was found not to have conductive hearing loss on my right ear or my left ear. I have checked taking the tuning fork examination in a Rinne's test, where after placing the fork behind my ear and then moving it in front of the acoustic meatus, I found myself able to hear clearly the sound.

For my left ear I am not even having the 'Neural hearing loss', while the problem was found with the right ear. For my right ear I found to have the neural hearing loss problem when I was checked with the test named 'Weber's test'.

2. When the physician has reported me saying the test results, taking the report card I could find myself having the natural hearing ability and my left ear could feel the sound louder while the doctor had kept that tuning fork middle upper portion of my forehead.

Then the reported evidences doctor explained to me having a normal hearing ability on the opposite ear, which was my left ear while the Weber’s test was done. But on my right side ear I could not feel any sound, so even the statistics have suggested having this kind of deafness in 90% of cases when they are found having sensory organ dysfunction. This was also in my case with the right ear, physician have explained as having a problem with the neural part known as ‘Vestibulocochlear nerve’. The Weber's test results are associated with the positive hearing ability with one ear when the tuning fork rings keeping it in the mid saggital plane, then the opposite ear must have some abnormality.

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