Influence of Age on Results of Vestibular Function Tests: Review of Literature and Presentation of Caloric Test Results
Influence of Age on Results of Vestibular Function Tests: Review of Literature and Presentation of Caloric Test Results
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年龄对前庭功能测试结果的影响：文献综述和热量测试结果的呈现
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1979
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通讯作者：
W. Petermann
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G. Mulch;W. Petermann
目前已知的，年龄依赖性的形态和功能的前庭和听觉系统的变化的书目审查后，结果提出了我们的调查有关的影响，年龄对102名健康受试者的热量测试的结果从6个年龄组，年龄在11岁和70岁之间。他们毫无疑问地证明，在冷热试验中，眼球震颤参数的绝对值与年龄有关，但反应强度并不随年龄的增长而降低。相反，它们表明，在中年和中年后期的清醒的健康受试者中，发生最强烈的反应（最大慢相速度，最大振幅，最大频率，心跳总数）。此外，根据统计分析，似乎兴奋性的侧差异的程度取决于年龄。中年人表现出的侧差异比儿童和老年人要小得多。据我们所知，这些调查结果是第一次在这里报告。如果我们的结果得到进一步的证实，标准值的热量测试的真正的定量评价只能确定在听力功能测试的基础上属于不同年龄组的健康受试者的更大的测试系列。
Following a bibliographic review of currently known, age-dependent morphological and functional changes of the vestibular and auditory system, results are presented of our investigations concerning the influence of age on the outcome of the caloric test on 102 healthy subjects from six age groups ranging between the ages of 11 and 70 years. They prove, without any doubt, that the absolute values of nystagmic parameters in the caloric test are dependent upon age; but not in such a way that the intensity of reaction decreases with advancing age. On the contrary, they indicate that in awake, healthy subjects of middle and late middle-age, the most intensive reactions occur (maximum slow phase velocity, maximum amplitude, maximum frequency, total number of beats). In addition, based on the statistical analysis, it seems probable that the extent of the side difference of excitability depends upon age. Individuals in their middle years show side differences to a considerably lesser degree than children and elderly subjects. These represent findings which, to our knowledge, are reported here for the first time. Provided our results gain further substantiation, standard values for a true quantitative evaluation of the caloric test could only be determined as in the audiometric functional tests on the basis of larger test series of healthy subjects belonging to different age groups.