Name Date HEARING AND BALANCE REPORT SHEET 1. The scientific name for the eardru

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Name Date HEARING AND BALANCE REPORT SHEET 1. The scientific name for the eardrum is the 2. Define conduction deafness. 3. Define sensory deafness. 4. What did you simulate when you plugged your ear for Weber's test? 5. If a subject could hear the tone when the fork was placed on the mastoid process, but could not hear the tone when it was placed outside the ear canal, what might you assume? 6. Why can't we simulate sensory deafness? 7. Why did nystagmus occur after stopping the subject from spinning? (relate to endolymph)

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1.Tympanic membrane

2.Hearing loss due to conduction of sound waves anywhere along the route through the outer ear,Tympanic membrane and middle ear.

3.This hearing loss is the result of damage to inner ear or the nerve from ear to brain.

4.Webers test mainly tests the conduction of sound waves,it involves testing the conduction route for any hearing loss i.e outer ear,middle ear or conducting nerve.

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