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[SISI or differential limen test - tests for recruitment (author's transl)]. 1976

H G Chüden, and H Hoepner

The detection of recruitment is based on investigating change of loudness with change of intensity. The evaluation and further differential diagnosis of inner ear damage is, for instance, a necessity in an expert opinion of an ENT specialist. Which of the numerous methods of detecting recruitment can be recommended for the specialists practice. Over 215 patients with inner ear damage were tested for recruitment with different test methods. Results showed that SISI tests were performed with more accuracy than differential limen tests. Differences of various recruitment methods of our collective are investigated and advantages and disadvantages discussed. The recommendation for the specialists practice would be to perform 1. the "limits of intensity" (threshold of hearing and loudness discomfort), 2. the supraliminal noise-audiometry Langenbeck and 3. the SISI test. They seem to be most effectful, exact, reproducible and easy to perform test-methods for detecting recruitment.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007759	Labyrinth Diseases	Pathological processes of the inner ear (LABYRINTH) which contains the essential apparatus of hearing (COCHLEA) and balance (SEMICIRCULAR CANALS).	Inner Ear Disease,Ear Disease, Inner,Ear Diseases, Inner,Inner Ear Diseases,Labyrinth Disease
D009431	Neural Conduction	The propagation of the NERVE IMPULSE along the nerve away from the site of an excitation stimulus.	Nerve Conduction,Conduction, Nerve,Conduction, Neural,Conductions, Nerve,Conductions, Neural,Nerve Conductions,Neural Conductions
D010812	Physical Stimulation	Act of eliciting a response from a person or organism through physical contact.	Stimulation, Physical,Physical Stimulations,Stimulations, Physical
D011999	Recruitment, Neurophysiological	The spread of response if stimulation is prolonged. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 8th ed.)	Recruitment, Motor Unit,Motor Unit Recruitment,Neurophysiological Recruitment
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001299	Audiometry	The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds.	Audiometries
D001309	Auditory Threshold	The audibility limit of discriminating sound intensity and pitch.	Auditory Thresholds,Threshold, Auditory,Thresholds, Auditory