While Cleaning His Right Ear a Little Too Vigorously, Steve

question 188

Multiple Choice

While cleaning his right ear a little too vigorously, Steve accidentally punctured his eardrum and is unable to hear out of this ear. Steve's injury would be classified as an example of

• A)conduction deafness
• B)temporal lobe deafness
• C)nerve deafness
• D)localized deafness

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P

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Q

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