Audiograms

What does a positive Rinne's test indicate?

• The cochlea is not functioning properly

• No sound can pass through the middle ear

• Air conduction is louder than bone conduction

• Bone conduction is louder than air conduction

What is the purpose of using a Boland oscillator in an audiometry test?

• To clean the patient's ears

• To check the ear's response to varying sound frequencies

• To stimulate the cochlea directly

• To measure air conduction

Which condition is indicated by a bilateral high-frequency hearing loss on an audiogram?

• Meniere's disease

• Presbycusis

• Otosclerosis

• Acoustic neuroma

What should be ruled out first if an audiogram shows unilateral sensory neural hearing loss?

• Presbycusis

• Acoustic neuroma

• Cholesteatoma

• Otosclerosis

What does a large gap between air and bone conduction lines on an audiogram suggest?

• Mixed hearing loss

• Sensory neural hearing loss

• Conductive hearing loss

• Normal hearing