1) Distinguishes between conductive and sensorineural hearing.
2) Strike a 512 Hz tuning fork softly
3) Place the vibrating fork on the middle of the client's head
4) Ask client if the sound is heard better in one ear or the same in both ears
A)
If hearing is normal, the sound is symmetrical with no lateralization
B)
Sound localizes toward the poor ear with a conductive loss
C)
Sound localizes toward the good ear with a sensorineural hearing loss

   

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