You would expect a patient who has normal hearing to report which of the following after a Rinne test?
a. hearing the sound longer through air conduction
b. hearing the sound longer through bone conduction
c. hearing the sound louder through bone conduction
d. hearing the sound through air and bone conduction for an equal period of time
A
A normal finding of the Rinne test is that the patient hears sound longer through air conduction. Air conduction is heard twice as long as bone conduction when the patient hears the sound through the external auditory canal (air) after it is no longer heard at the mastoid process (bone). This is denoted as AC > BC.
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