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The value of noting the subject's sensations during bithermal caloric testing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

W. P. R. Gibson
Affiliation:
Department of Neuro-Otology, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, WC1.
S. Oppenheimer
Affiliation:
Department of Neuro-Otology, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, WC1.

Abstract

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Research Article
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1980

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