Weber's tuning fork test

Mira otros diccionarios:

• Weber test — The Weber test is a quick screening test for hearing. It can detect unilateral (one sided) conductive hearing loss and unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The test is named after Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795 – 1878).PerformanceIn the Weber test… …   Wikipedia

• test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …   Medical dictionary

• Weber test — We·ber test or We·ber s test web ər(z) , vā bər(z) n a test to determine the nature of unilateral hearing loss in which a vibrating tuning fork is held against the forehead at the midline and conduction deafness is indicated if the sound is heard …   Medical dictionary

• Weber-Test — Der Weber Versuch ist eine Untersuchung zur Feststellung einer Lateralisation des Hörempfindens unter Verwendung einer Stimmgabel. Er ist zusammen mit dem Rinne Versuch ein Standardtest der Hals Nasen Ohren Heilkunde zur Untersuchung einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Weber-Versuch — Der Weber Versuch ist eine Untersuchung zur Feststellung einer Lateralisation des Hörempfindens unter Verwendung einer Stimmgabel. Er ist zusammen mit dem Rinne Versuch ein Standardtest der Hals Nasen Ohren Heilkunde zur Untersuchung einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Weber's test — a hearing test in which a vibrating tuning fork is placed at the midpoint of the forehead. A normal individual hears it equally in both ears, but if one ear is affected by conductive deafness the sound appears louder in the affected ear. If one… …   Medical dictionary

• Weber's test — a hearing test in which a vibrating tuning fork is placed at the midpoint of the forehead. A normal individual hears it equally in both ears, but if one ear is affected by conductive deafness the sound appears louder in the affected ear. If one… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Rinne test — The Rinne test is a hearing test. It compares perception of sounds, as transmitted by air or by bone conduction through the mastoid. Thus, one can quickly suspect conductive hearing loss.A Rinne test should always be accompanied by a Weber test… …   Wikipedia

• Hearing test — A hearing test is an evaluation of the sensitivity of a person s sense of hearing, most often performed by an audiologist using an audiometer. Audiologists are the only health professionals with extensive training on the anatomy and physiology of …   Wikipedia

• Ernst Heinrich Weber — Infobox Scientist name = Ernst Heinrich Weber box width = image width =150px caption = Ernst Heinrich Weber birth date = June 24, 1795 birth place = Wittenberg death date = January 26, 1878 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality =… …   Wikipedia

• Bing test — The Bing test, was devised by German otologist Albert Bing. The test uses a low frequency tuning fork to test for the occlusion effect. The tuning fork can be replaced by a bone conduction vibrator in the audiometric Bing test.The Bing test can… …   Wikipedia