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Eighth nerve function in severe anaemia

An electronystagmographic study

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    Twenty anaemic subjects with haemoglobin level 5 gm% or below are studied for eighth nerve function and compared with the results obtained when haemolobin level brought up to about 10gm%

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    There is no impairment of hearing in any of the frequencies in severe anaemia.

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    Cold and hot sensitivity of vestibular response before and after treatment shows that cold is stronger stimulus than that of hot.

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    There is no significant difference observed in right and left ear sensitivity.

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    In severe anaemia there is depression of vestibular function but when anaemia improves, vestibular function is also improved which is proved statistically.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India

    A. M. Saha, M. M. L. Arora & Y. N. Mehra

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Paper read at Silver Jubilee Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, at Bombay, Feb. 1973.

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Saha, A.M., Arora, M.M.L. & Mehra, Y.N. Eighth nerve function in severe anaemia. Ind. J. Otol. 27, 134–140 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047853

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