Changes in the clarity and volume of spoken sounds during auscultation of the lungs can help you distinguish:
A) consolidation from airway constriction.
B) a foreign body from a purulent exudate.
C) pulmonary edema from pleurisy.
D) right from left tracheal deviation.

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When chest auscultation results in decreased breath sounds or wheezes, the examiner can use techniques that involve the spoken word to distinguish adventitious breath sounds caused by consolidation from those caused by narrowing of a patent lumen.

Changes in the Clarity and Volume of Spoken Sounds During