Testing human otolith function using bone-conducted vibration

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1164, Issue , 2009, Pages 344-346

  Curthoys, I S ^a   Burgess, A M ^a   MacDougall, H G ^a   McGarvie, L A ^b   Halmagyi, G M ^b   Smulders, Y E ^c   Iwasaki, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Human; Labyrinth; Otolith; Saccular macula; Unilateral otolithic loss; Utricular macula; Vestibular; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BONE CONDUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREHEAD; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; MASTOID; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORY NERVE; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VIBRATION;

CAVIA;

EID: 66149083083     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03728.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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