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1) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & EOM & \seqsplit{extraocular} movement & \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.36 cm} x{4.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Ear}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Whisper Test}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Rinne Test}} & air conduction\textgreater{}bone \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & + result normal \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Weber test}} & equal \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & + result normal \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.36 cm} x{4.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Ear}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Whisper Test}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Rinne Test}} & air conduction\textgreater{}bone \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & + result normal \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Weber test}} & equal \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & + result normal \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.76 cm} x{4.24 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Nose}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Sinuses & Maxilla \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & ethmoid \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & frontal \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & sphenoid \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} 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