Air conduction (physiology)

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In physiology, air conduction describes the transmission of sound through the air ( airborne sound ).

Usually the term is used to refer to the diagnosis or differential diagnosis of hearing impairment . In the case of air conduction, in contrast to bone conduction, sound travels via the outer , middle and inner ear .

The air conduction can be measured using audiometry , an audiogram is created.

literature

Jan Behrends et al. (Ed.): Physiology (dual series). Thieme, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 3-13-138411-5 , pp. 678-680.
Chapter 2: Diagnostics. In: Jürgen Strutz, Wolf Mann (ed.): Practice of ENT medicine, head and neck surgery. Thieme, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 3-13-116972-9 , pp. 5-69.