A comparison of water and air caloric responses and their ability to distinguish between patients with normal and impaired ears

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-600

  Zapala, David A ^a   Olsholt, Ketil F ^a   Lundy, Larry B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALORIC TESTS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 54049104936     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181734ed0     Document Type: Article

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