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Rinne Med.|ˈrɪnə|
Also (erron.) Rinné.
The name of Heinrich Adolf Rinne (1819–68), German otologist, who described a form of the test in 1855 (Vierteljahrschr. f. d. prakt. Heilkunde XLV. 72), used in the possessive, attrib., and absol. to designate a diagnostic test for deafness (see quot. 1883).
1883tr. Politzer's Text-Bk. Dis. Ear 693 Rinne's experiment..consists in setting a tuning-fork..on the vertex or on the mastoid process, and allowing it to vibrate till the note is no longer heard; the prongs of the fork are then brought close to the ear, and in normal circumstances the tone will be heard again (positive experiment). 1899G. Bacon Man. Otology ii. 81 Rinné's test... If heard again, which is the case in the normal ear, this is called the positive Rinné test. 1902tr. Brühl & Politzer's Atlas & Epitomy Otol. 87 Positive result of Rinne's experiment, or positive Rinne. 1959H. A. Newby Audiol. iv. 61 If the patient replies affirmatively, the result of the test is said to be a Rinné negative... A Rinné test on a normal ear will yield a positive result. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxii. 3/2 In conductive deafness, bone conduction is better heard than air conduction and Rinne's test is negative. |