Mechanical Reaction of the Labyrinth

Mechanical Reaction of the Labyrinth

Creators Sekitani Toru

Creators Ito Takahiro

Creators Honjo Shoichi

Air pressure of 40 and 80 mm.Hg. at 35℃ were flowed into the external auditory meatus for 30 sec. in the normal subjects and the cases with chronic suppurative otitis media. 1. In the normal subjects air pressure of 80 mm.Hg. elicited nystagmus (6.7 per cent) notwithstanding no nystagmus by 40 mm.Hg. 2. In the cases with chronic suppurative otitis media air pressure of 40 mm.Hg. elicited nystagmus (22.2 per cent) and of 80 mm.Hg. elicited nystagmus (35.9 per cent). 3. In the cases with mastdectomy nystagmus (77.8 per cent) occurred.

[ISSN]0513-1812

[NCID]AA00594272