While a variety of equipment can be used to screen cranial nerves, the equipment that is typically required is listed below:

• Cotton ball
• Cotton swabs (sterile)
• Pen flashlight
• Sensory (neurological) reflex hammer
• Mechanical "ticking" watch or timer
• Snellen chart
• Sterile stock bottle of sugar water and sterile dropper or sugar packet
• Sterile stock bottle of salt water and sterile dropper or salt packet
• Test tubes (2)
• Tongue depressor (sterile)
• Tuning fork
• Pencils (2)
• Vial of coffee
• Vial of lemon juice
• Vial of vanilla extract
• Visual acuity chart (near vision)