title: Tuning fork tests: forgotten art.
abstract: Four examples are cited in which tuning fork tests helped in proper selection of patients for surgery, after audiometric air and bone tests were equivocal or gave the wrong diagnostic and prognostic indication.
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Girgis
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Shambaugh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry / Q000266:history; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States