THE DAMAGE OF THE VESTIBULARFUNCTION CONCURRED AS RESULT OF HEAD TRAUMA

Abstract

One hundred cases of headtrauma were classified into 3 types, on which the vestibular fuction was examined by means of votatory and caloric test.Subjective disturbances were elicited in 29.0% of these cases, while objective disturbances in 47.%.The latter were hyposensitivities of injured side.Abnormal findings were revealed by rotatory test in, 75.6%, and 71.4% by carolic test.Most casee of inner ear deafness had the disturbance of the vestibular function, and a para- llelism was found in the between hearing and the vestibular function degree of disturbance.Moreover, positive finding in Romberg test was obtained in 17.0% of the cases.Abnormality in Goniometry test was foind in 11%, in Stepping test in 7.0%, and in walking test in 5.0%.The disturbances of vestibular function was most often elicited by the trauma in the occipi- tal region, and a corelation was noticed in the degree between the disturbavees of vestibular functionn and intracranial lesion.