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New clinical applications of the stapedial reflex*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. Laurian ,
L. Laurian ,
R. Sadov ,
M. Strauss  and
M. Kalmanovitz
N. Laurian
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Hasharon Hospital, Petah Tiqva, and the Department of Endocrinology, Ichilov Hospital Tel Aviv, and Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
L. Laurian
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Hasharon Hospital, Petah Tiqva, and the Department of Endocrinology, Ichilov Hospital Tel Aviv, and Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
R. Sadov
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Hasharon Hospital, Petah Tiqva, and the Department of Endocrinology, Ichilov Hospital Tel Aviv, and Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
M. Strauss
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Hasharon Hospital, Petah Tiqva, and the Department of Endocrinology, Ichilov Hospital Tel Aviv, and Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
M. Kalmanovitz
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Hasharon Hospital, Petah Tiqva, and the Department of Endocrinology, Ichilov Hospital Tel Aviv, and Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
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Abstract

Stapedial reflex data were obtained from 11 myasthenic, 18 hyperthyroid and six hypothyroid patients. Data were studied with respect to reflex threshold, amplitude and decay. Elevated threshold, decreased amplitude, and high and low frequency reflex decay were observed in myasthenic and hyperthyroid patients. Hypothyroidism merely increases stapedial reflex amplitude but causes no significant threshold or decay changes.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 97 , Issue 12 , December 1983 , pp. 1099 - 1103
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1983

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