Everything in the universe has its own unique vibrational pattern. Place the tuning fork over the area of your body where you feel pain, tension, a disorder, etc., and leave it there for 30-60 seconds (DO NOT press down on the tuning fork). Tuning forks are a gentle, non-invasive vibrational therapy.
TUNING FORK USES SKIN
Tap the fork lightly over your skin with your finger until you feel some vibrational response. A tuning fork is a two-pronged metal device that is frequently used to tune musical instruments. Our latest battery of test equipment can do this more accurately and provide far more information to help us determine where a hearing loss is and how best to treat it.īut when there’s a power cut or no access to a plug socket or our computer dies, the humble tuning fork comes out of its case. Set the tuning fork on a flat, hard surface. This test helps us determine whether the hearing loss is conductive (caused by problems in the outer or middle ear) or sensorineural (caused by problems in the cochlea, the sensory organ of hearing) or neural – caused by a problem in the auditory nerve or auditory pathways/cortex of the brain. If there is a conductive (middle ear) hearing loss, it is likely to be louder in the affected ear if there is a sensorineural hearing loss (inner ear) it will be quieter in the affected ear. The client is then asked if the sound is localised in the centre of the head or whether it is louder in either ear. The C128 and C256 forks are generally used for the neurological tests, while hearing. The 128 Hz fork is a wonderful all-purpose fork. It is an octave lower (or 8 notes) than the C fork in the perfect fifth set. The tuning fork is then placed on the forehead. Tuning forks are used to conduct hearing and neurological vibratory tests. Like the C fork from the perfect fifth tuning fork set, the 128 Hz fork is tuned the frequency of the earth. If they can’t there is conductive hearing loss in that ear. When the patient can no longer feel/hear the vibration, the tuning fork is held in front of the ear the patient should once more be able to hear a ringing sound.
These tests provide a quick easy method of determining whether a hearing loss is situated in the middle ear or inner ear.Ī vibrating tuning fork is placed behind the ear, on the mastoid process. Tuning forks (this is mine which I’ve owned for 35 years) are used to carry Rinne and Weber tests. Does the humble tuning fork still have a place in a modern audiology centre?
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