A 15-year-old member of the high school marching band comes to your office for evaluation of hearing loss. He had multiple ear i
nfections as an infant and toddler and he had to have myringotomy tubes inserted in his ears. Additionally he suffers from many allergies. His hearing is diminished in the right ear. When you place a vibrating tuning fork on the top of his head the sound lateralizes to the right ear. The name of this test is:
A 15-year-old member of the high school marching band comes to your office for evaluation of hearing loss. He had multiple ear infections as an infant and toddler and he had to have myringotomy tubes inserted in his ears. Additionally he suffers from many allergies. His hearing is diminished in the right ear. When you place a vibrating tuning fork on the top of his head the sound lateralizes to the right ear. The name of this test is:
weber's test
The Weber test is a type of a screening test used for hearing and get it done by a tuning fork.
Weber's test named after Emst Heinrich Weber is a test conducted to identify if a patient has inner ear hearing loss (sensorineural), middle ear hearing loss (conductive) or one-sided hearing loss (unilateral).
It is performed with a tuning fork placed on the head of the patient while the patient is examined. This could be caused by fluid in the middle ear, a punctured eardrum, a build-up earwax or an infection.
Weber's test is beneficial because it can be carried out anywhere due to the simplicity of the process. It is also one of the several tests that are used to discover the reason for hearing loss or change.
