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Schwabach test

Schwabach test noun: a variant of the Rinne test: a hearing test made with the opposite ear masked placing the stems of the vibrating tuning forks on the mastoid process of the patient first and then of the examiner. If heard longer by the patient it indicates conductive hearing loss and if heard longer by the examiner it indicates sensorineural hearing loss in the patient.

Noun

Schwabach test

  1. A variant of the Rinne test: a hearing test made with the opposite ear masked placing the stems of the vibrating tuning forks on the mastoid process of the patient first and then of the examiner. If heard longer by the patient it indicates conductive hearing loss and if heard longer by the examiner it indicates sensorineural hearing loss in the patient.

Questions about Schwabach test

What does Schwabach test mean?
Schwabach test means a variant of the Rinne test: a hearing test made with the opposite ear masked placing the stems of the vibrating tuning forks on the mastoid process of the patient first and then of the examiner. If heard longer by the patient it indicates conductive hearing loss and if heard longer by the examiner it indicates sensorineural hearing loss in the patient.
What part of speech is Schwabach test?
Schwabach test is a noun.

Words near Schwabach test in the dictionary

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  3. schwa primum
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  8. Schwabachers
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