In health ear bone conducting is faster or air condition is faster
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In a healthy ear, air conduction is better than bone conduction.
This is called a positive Rinne test: AC > BC.
- Air conduction: sound travels through the outer ear, eardrum, middle-ear bones, then cochlea.
- Bone conduction: vibration travels through skull bone directly to the cochlea, bypassing the outer and middle ear.
It is not usually described as “faster” clinically. The important point is that sound is heard longer/louder by air conduction in normal hearing. Rinne test reference
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