Placing the base of a vibrating tuning fork on the midline vertex of the patient's head is a test for:
a. air conduction of sound.
b. bone versus air conduction.
c. lateralization of sound.
d. mallear auditory ability.
C
Placing the fork on the midline vertex of the patient's head is the Weber test, a test for conduc-tive hearing loss that lateralizes to the affected ear.
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