The basis for using bone-conducted vibration or air-conducted sound to test otolithic function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 231-241

  Curthoys, I S ^a   Vulovic, V ^a   Burgess, A M ^a   Cornell, E D ^a   Mezey, L E ^a   Macdougall, H G ^a   Manzari, L ^b   Mcgarvie, L A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MSA ENT Academy Center   (Italy)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

CVEMP; Labyrinth; M ni re's Disease; Oculomotor; Otolith; OVEMP; Saccular; Semicircular canal; Torsion; Utricular; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTED VIBRATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NECK MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; OTOLITH; SACCULUS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VIBRATION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

BOVINE CORONAVIRUS; CAVIA;

EID: 80053208680     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06147.x     Document Type: Article

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