Tuning forks

Tuning forks can be used in a number of medical procedures as a diagnostic tool. Most commonly for hearing tests by Audiologists and ENT specialists.

Technical Overview

A tuning fork is an effective tool clinicians can utilise to test a patient’s hearing. Because hearing uses mechanical components of the ossicles and neural components of the cochlea, hearing loss can be either conductive (a complication with the physical aspect of hearing), or sensorineural (a problem with the neural component of hearing).

A physician can utilise the simple physics of a tuning fork to determine whether hearing loss is conductive or sensorineural using the Weber and Rinne tests. The Weber test involves placing a tuning fork’s base in the centre of a patient’s forehead. If a patient has unilateral conductive hearing loss, the sound from the tuning fork will seem louder in the affected ear. This is because the sound waves travel through bone and bypass the conduction of sound through air.

The Rinne test takes advantage of this as well; instead of the forehead, a tuning fork is held on the mastoid just behind the ear. Once a patient is no longer able to hear it via bone conduction, the clinician then removes the fork from the bone and holds the tuning fork closer to their ear. Because hearing is more sensitive to air conduction, a patient with normal hearing should still be able to hear the tuning fork.

In addition to hearing loss, the tuning fork can be used to evaluate a wide range of other health problems. A clinician can use tuning forks to identify whether a bone is fractured. This is done by simply striking a tuning fork and placing the vibrating fork close to the affected area.

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Tuning forks without clamps

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Tuning forks with clamps
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Tuning forks with base
Riester tuning forks 5140 Set I web
Tuning forks Set I
Riester tuning forks 5141 Set II web
Tuning forks Set II
Riester tuning forks 5142 Set III web
Tuning forks Set III

Benefit to the clinician

  • Aluminium or stainless-steel construction

  • Wide range of frequency options

  • Available in sets with case for storage

  • Easy clean design

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Product details

Tuning forks  
Dimension Riester tuning forks 01-Dimension

Riester tuning forks 02 -Dimension

Riester tuning forks 03 -Dimension

Frequency From 64 Hz to 4096 Hz.
Operating conditions 10 °C to 40 °C
Relative humidity 30% to 70% (non-condensing)
Air presssure 700 hPa to 1060 hPa
Storage/ Transport temperature -10 °C to 55 °C
Storage/ Transport relative humidity 85% (non-condensing)

 

Ordering information

Tuning forks

ART. NO. REGION DESCRIPTION
5160 All Tuning fork C 64, stainless steel
5161 All Tuning fork C 128, stainless steel
5162 All Tuning fork C 128, aluminum
5163 All except US Tuning fork C-1 32, stainless steel
5164 All Tuning fork C-1 256, stainless steel
5165 All except US Tuning fork C-1 256, aluminum
5166 All Tuning fork C-2 512, stainless steel
5167 All Tuning fork C-2 512, aluminum
5168 All Tuning fork C-3 1024, stainless steel
5169 All except US Tuning fork C-3 1024, aluminum
5170 All except US Tuning fork C-4 2048, stainless steel
5171 All except US Tuning fork C-4 2048, aluminum
5172 All except US Tuning fork C-5 4096, stainless steel
5173 All except US Tuning fork C-5 4096, stainless steel with base
5174 All except US Tuning fork A-1 440, stainless steel with base
5175 All Tuning fork C 128, Rydel-Seiffer, stainless steel, removable clamp with base

Set

ART. NO. REGION DESCRIPTION
5140 All except US Tuning fork set I in wooden case
5141 All except US Tuning fork set II in plastic case
5142 All Tuning fork set III in plastic case

Accessories

ART. NO. REGION DESCRIPTION
92879 All except US Wooden case for Tuning fork set I
11245 All except US Case for Tuning fork set II
11246 All except US Case for Tuning fork set III

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