The high-frequency/acceleration head heave test in detecting otolith diseases

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 896-904

  Kessler, Paul ^a   Tomlinson, David ^a,b   Blakeman, Alan ^a,b   Rutka, John ^a   Ranalli, Paul ^b   Wong, Agnes ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head heaves; Otolith; Utricle; Vertigo; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD HEAVE TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTRICLE; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR TEST; VISION TEST;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CALORIC TESTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 34848845286     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181256543     Document Type: Article

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