An appropriate screening test for hearing that can be administered by the nurse to a 5-year-old child is:
a. the Rinne test.
b. the Weber test.
c. conventional audiometry.
d. eliciting the startle reflex.
ANS: C
Conventional audiometry is a behavioral test that measures auditory thresholds in response to speech and frequency-specific stimuli presented through earphones. The Rinne and Weber tests measure bone conduction of sound. Eliciting the startle reflex may be useful in infants.
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