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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Otological > Vestibular Function Tests > Caloric Tests

Preferred term

Caloric Tests  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Barany's Test
  • Baranys Test
  • Test, Barany's

Note

  • vestib funct test using heat or cold; note X ref: spell in titles & transl with accents: Bárány

Scope note

  • Elicitation of a rotatory nystagmus by stimulating the semicircular canals with water or air which is above or below body temperature. In warm caloric stimulation a rotatory nystagmus is developed toward the side of the stimulated ear; in cold, away from the stimulated side. Absence of nystagmus indicates the labyrinth is not functioning.

History note

  • 91(75); BARANY TEST was BARANY'S TEST 1993-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002150

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