Caloric reflex test, vestibulo-ocular reflex | |
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ICD-9-CM | 95.44 |
MedlinePlus | 003429 |
In medicine, the caloric reflex test (sometimes termed 'vestibular caloric stimulation') is a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex that involves irrigating cold or warm water or air into the external auditory canal. This method was developed by Robert Bárány, who won a Nobel prize in 1914 for this discovery.