A nurse assessing the results of a Rinne test sees the notation of BC > AC. How should the nurse translate this result?
a. Conductive hearing loss
b. Sensorineural hearing loss
c. Normal hearing
d. Cochlear defect
A
When the bone conduction (BC) is greater than the air conduction (AC), the results of the Rinne test will read, BC > AC, which means the patient has a conductive hearing loss. The normal finding for the Rinne test is that AC is greater than BC (AC > BC).
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