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Rinne test: does the tuning fork position affect the sound amplitude at the ear?

BACKGROUND: Guidelines and text-book descriptions of the Rinne test advise orienting the tuning fork tines in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the external auditory canal (EAC), presumably to maximise the amplitude of the air conducted sound signal at the ear. Whether the orientation of the tu...

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Autores principales: Butskiy, Oleksandr, Ng, Denny, Hodgson, Murray, Nunez, Desmond A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4807550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-016-0133-7