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Weber test

Procedure: - vibrating tuning fork (> 500 Hz) is placed in the midline of the skull - this may be on top of the head or midforehead Interpretation: - normally, the sound should be equal in both ears - with conductive hearing loss, sound is perceived as greater in the affected ear (lateralized to the affected ear) - with sensorineural hearing loss, sound is perceived as louder in the unaffected or lesser affected ear (lateralizes to the unaffected ear)

Related

hearing loss (hearing impairment, hard of hearing, HOH) Rinne test

General

hearing evaluation

References

  1. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 43, 1071
  2. Guide to Physical Examination & History Taking, 6th edition, Bates B, JB Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1995, pg 181-82
  3. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006
  4. NEJM Knowledge+ Otolaryngology