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A middle aged woman presented with right sided hearing loss, Rinne test shows positive result on left side and negative result on right side. Weber’s test showed lateralisation to left side, diagnosis is:

ExplanationB. Here the patient has right sided hearing loss. In the right ear Rinne is negative so there can be 2 possibilities: (a) Conductive hearing loss of right ear (b) Severe SN loss of right ear (false negative Rinne) Weber’s will help us to differentiate between the two. Since it shows lateralisation to left side which is the better side it means that there is severe SN hearing loss on the right side.