A nurse is conducting Weber's test. Which action will the nurse take?

A) Place a vibrating tuning fork in the middle of patient's forehead.
B) Place a vibrating tuning fork on the patient's mastoid process.
C) Compare the number of seconds heard by bone versus air conduction.
D) Compare the patient's degree of joint movement to the normal level.

Weber's Test

A diagnostic test in audiology to detect unilateral (one-sided) conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss by comparing sound lateralization between the two ears.

Tuning Fork

A tool that vibrates at a fixed pitch when struck, used in medical examinations to assess hearing and vibratory sensation.

Mastoid Process

A protrusion of bone located behind the ear, part of the temporal bone of the skull.