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Inversion of the stapedial reflex in ossicular chain lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Steen Gimsing
Steen Gimsing*
Affiliation:
Odense, Denmark
*
Steen Gimsing, M.D., Department of Audiology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.
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Abstract

In ears with minor conductive hearing loss of traumatic origin, it is sometimes possible to invert the deflection of the stapedial reflex by application of a small underpressure in the external auditory meatus of the injured ear (probe ear). This inversion can be explained by an ossicular discontinuity bridge by soft tissue.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 100 , Issue 4 , April 1986 , pp. 399 - 403
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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