Development and assessment of the vestibular system

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 566-577

  Nandi, Raj ^a   Luxon, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Assessment; Development; Function; Physiology; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 52949123677     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020802324540     Document Type: Article

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