Author Question: Explain the method of testing hearing by the use of a tuning fork. What will be an ideal ... (Read 68 times)

ssal · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Explain the method of testing hearing by the use of a tuning fork.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Inflammation with tenderness and swelling of a skeletal muscle is known as ________.

A) muscular dystrophy
B) myopathy
C) myositis
D) avulsion

joshraies · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The tuning fork is an instrument that, when struck at the forked end, vibrates and thus can be heard or felt.
Two types of hearing loss (conductive and perceptive) may be distinguished using a tuning fork. There are several types of tests that use a tuning fork, Weber test, Bing test, and Schwabach test, but the most commonly used test is the Rinne test.
The Rinne test compares bone conduction hearing with air conduction. After being struck, the vibrating tuning fork is held on the mastoid process until sound is no longer heard by the patient.

Answer to Question 2

C
Explanation: A) This does not describe muscular dystrophy.
B) The suffix -pathy means disease, but does not include inflammation.
C) Correct My/o- means muscle and -itis means inflammation of; infection of.
D) The suffix -ion means action, but does not include inflammation.