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The clinician is assessing a patient complaining of hearing loss. The clinician places a tuning fork over the patient's mastoid process, and when the sound fades away, the fork is placed without restriking it over the external auditory meatus.
 
  The patient is asked to let the clinician know when the sound fades away. This is an example of which type of test?
  a. Weber test
  b. Schwabach test
  c. Rinne test
  d. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test

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After a head injury, what is it called when air enters into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)filled spaces within the head?
 
  a. Pneumocephalus c. Battle's sign
  b. Hemotympanum d. Raccoon sign


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fatboyy09

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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