The derivation of optimum criteria for use in the monothermal caloric screening test

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-62

  Lightfoot, Guy ^a   Barker, Fiona ^b   Belcher, Keri ^c   Kennedy, Vicki ^a   Nassar, Greg ^d   Tweedy, Frances ^e  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PARESIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; COLD; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALORIC TESTS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849096861     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31818f006c     Document Type: Article

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