ABSTRACT
Use a 512 Hz tuning fork, and not the larger 128 Hz or 256 Hz tuning forks used for neurological examinations.
Z The Rinne test. Place the base of the vibrating tuning fork on the mastoid process of each ear. Once the patient can no longer “hear” the vibration, move the tuning fork in front of the ear. If the tuning fork can be heard, air conduction is better than bone conduction, and there is therefore no conductive hearing loss. The test is said to be positive. If the tuning fork cannot be heard, there is a conductive hearing loss, and the test is said to be negative.
