When is the occlusion effect considered in starting levels of masking?

The nurse is assessing the radial pulse of an adult client during a routine physical exam. Which of the following findings should the nurse document as normal?

When testing by bone conduction with the oscillator on the left mastoid process on a 1-year-old child, the sound may be heard in:

You are describing test results to a patient. What axis is pitch?

What screening findings lead to a medical referral?

For a hearing loss to be precipitously falling, how much rise/fall should there be in thresholds between octaves?

During cardiac auscultation, what does the heart sound represent?

You completed a Weber test on a patient and they reported that they heard the tone louder in their right ear. This would mean that the right ear would have what type of hearing loss?

Based on the responses below, what would SRT be?SRT.jpg 

Case 2. Patient is a 3-year-old female who has had a history of ear infections that were treated with antibiotics. Mom has concerns because the patient has a very small vocabulary compared to her other children. The patient did not respond to speech stimuli, but frequency- and ear-specific testing was able to be completed under headphones. Otoscopy was not tolerated. Using the test results below, write the “O” and “A” sections of a report. case 2.jpg