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Weber's test

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Weber's test (vay-berz) n. a hearing test in which a vibrating tuning fork is placed at the midpoint of the forehead. If one ear is affected by conductive deafness the sound appears louder in the affected ear; if one ear has sensorineural deafness the sound appears louder in the unaffected ear. [ F. E. Weber (1832–91), German otologist]

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