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When, on the other hand, the vibrations are heard better by air-conduction, the lesion is in the sound-perceiving apparatus.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The tone produced by a vibrating tuning-fork is conducted to the nerve terminations in the labyrinth both through the air column in the external meatus (air-conduction), and through the cranial bones
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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These courses are approved by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) and are designed to train nursing, allied medical, and industrial personnel to perform pure-tone air-conduction hearing tests and participate in other components of workplace hearing conservation programs for noise-exposed workers.
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Most people with hearing loss can benefit from conventional air-conduction hearing aids, which work by amplifying sound passed along the ear canal to the eardrum making it vibrate.
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