The nurse is using the Weber test to evaluate the client for conduction deafness in the right ear. Which one of the following occurs when the nurse appropriately places the tuning fork and con-firms this type of deafness?
a. Sound is not heard in either ear.
b. Sound is heard best by the client in the left ear.
c. Sound is heard best by the client in the right ear.
d. Sound is reduced and heard longer through air conduction.
C
In conduction deafness, sound is heard best in the impaired ear.
Sound not being heard in either ear is not indicative of conduction deafness.
Sound would not be heard best by the client in the left ear if there were conduction deafness in the right ear.
Sound that is reduced and heard longer through air conduction describes the Rinne test, not the Weber test. In conduction deafness, bone-conducted sound can be heard longer. In sensorineural loss, sound is reduced and heard longer through air.
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