Which hearing assessment is the nurse performing in this image?
1. Rinne test
2. Tympanogram
3. Schwabach test
4. Weber test
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Rationale 1: In the Rinne test, a vibrating tuning fork is placed on the patient's mastoid bone to determine the conduction of sound by bone and air conduction.
Rationale 2: A tympanogram is conducted by inserting the measuring device into the ear canal.
Rationale 3: The Schwabach test is done by placing an activated tuning fork on the mastoid process of first the patient and then the examiner.
Rationale 4: The Weber test is performed by placing the base of a vibrating tuning fork on the midline vertex of the patient's head. Sound should normally be heard equally in both ears.
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