You Are Performing Weber and Rinne Hearing Tests

question 18

Multiple Choice

You are performing Weber and Rinne hearing tests. For the Weber test, the sound lateralized to the unaffected ear; for the Rinne test, air conduction-to-bone conduction ratio is less than 2:1. You interpret these findings as suggestive of:

• A) a defect in the inner ear.
• B) a defect in the middle ear.
• C) otitis externa.
• D) impacted cerumen.

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Definitions:

Estimator

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Parameter

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Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, expressed with a certain level of confidence.

Confidence Level

A confidence level is a statistical parameter that expresses how certain one is in the results of a statistical experiment, often represented as a percentage that quantifies the probability that the true parameter lies within the confidence interval.