Monothermal caloric screening test performance: A relative operating characteristic curve analysis

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Murnane, Owen D ^a,e   Akin, Faith W ^a,b   Lynn, Susan G ^c   Cyr, David G ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT LEA EYE CLINIC   (United States)

^d BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NYSTAGMUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALORIC TESTS; CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049117257     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31819c3ec7     Document Type: Article

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