Open AccessAudiometric Weber and Rinne test as compared pure-tone thresholds
Author(s) -
Alison Thompson
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
south african journal of communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.296
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2225-4765
pISSN - 0379-8046
DOI - 10.4102/sajcd.v21i1.401
Subject(s) - audiology , tone (literature) , bantu languages , pure tone , value (mathematics) , test (biology) , psychology , medicine , mathematics , hearing loss , statistics , art , philosophy , linguistics , literature , paleontology , biology
Results of the audiometric Weber and Rinne tests were compared to pure tone thresholds in 185 Bantu patients. The frequency of 1000 Hz was selected as being most suitable for Weber and Rinne testing. The Weber was found to be of limited diagnostic value even with unilateral conductive losses whilst the Rinne displays a fair degree of efficiency and is of value as a routine supplement to audiometric threshold tests.