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Electronstagmographic studies were performed on all 13 patients with the caloric stimulus series, omitted in two subjects with external otitis. Eleven of the 13 subjects exhibited normal eye movement screening tests. Of the remaining nine subjects who could be evaluated, all demonstrated markedly reduced or absent caloric-induced nystagmus responses. These results confirmed preoperative vestibular test findings performed by implant surgery teams and indicated that the vestibular systems of the patients were severly damaged.
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PMID:Present vestibular status of subjects implanted with auditory prostheses. 40 10

The caloric test represents an essential part of each procedure evaluating vestibular function. The use of water has many contraindications: tympanic perforation, external otitis and mastoid diseases. Sometimes, nausea can make test execution very difficult. Several authors contributed to the study and diffusion of the caloric test for the evaluation of labyrinthine function using different types of otoalcorimeters. We compared two methods in the child--generally intolerant to the water test--and the results obtained were adapted to a mathematical model of air and water caloric nystagmus. Twenty-seven normal children, aged between 5 and 14 years, subdivided into three age groups (5-7, 8-10 and 11-14 years), underwent the water caloric test (250 cm3 at 31 and 43 degrees C for 40 s) and then the air test, together with another nine subjects undergoing only the air test (flow-rate 8 l/min at 25 and 49 degrees C) on different days. The comparison between the two stimulation methods showed a statistically significant difference (P < 0.002) between maximum slow speed component (max SSC) in degrees per second (degrees/s) of water (4.74 degrees/s) and air (2.98 degrees/s). The results of two caloric tests and the interindividual and intraindividual analysis of our electronystagmographic results are in agreement with the data obtained by other authors in studies on adults. Therefore, notwithstanding the differences between the two stimulation methods, the air caloric test can be applied in a larger number of cases, it is better tolerated and can thus be used even in children for the study of labyrinthine function.
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PMID:Comparison between air and water caloric tests in children. 1062 39