Placing the base of a vibrating tuning fork on the midline vertex of the patient's head is a test for:
A) air conduction of sound.
B) bone versus air conduction.
C) lateralization of sound.
D) mallear auditory ability.

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Placing the fork on the midline vertex of the patient's head is the Weber test, a test for conductive hearing loss that lateralizes to the affected ear.

Placing the Base of a Vibrating Tuning Fork on the Midline