Pendular rotation test as A vestibular function test

Abstract

Main disadvantages of the Barany's rotation test are the non-physiologic stimulus and the discomfort felt by the subject as an inevitably accompanying phenomenon. The author's objective was to reduce the discomfort on the part of the subject by using horizontal pendular rotation instead of the strong continuous rotation in the same direction. Unlike the ordinary rotation tests as represented by Bárány test, the pendular rotation test reflects the labyrinthine function faithfully with minimal autonomic reactions. © 1964, The Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Society of Japan, Inc. All rights reserved.