A nurse is assisting with tuning fork tests to assess for hearing loss in a patient.Which of the following would indicate conduction hearing loss?
A)Bing test: no change in the loudness of the sound
B)Rinne test: longer and louder tone heard by air conduction than by bone conduction
C)Schwabach test: same tone loudness heard equally long by the examiner and the patient
D)Weber test: same tone loudness heard equally in both ears

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The Bing test involves occluding the ear canal; if there is no change in sound loudness, it suggests conductive hearing loss.

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