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BÁRÁNY CHAIR TESTS. AND FLYING ABILITY

1918; American Medical Association; Volume: 70; Issue: 15 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1918.26010150002007

2376-8118

R. P. Parsons, LOUIS H. SEGAR,

Aerospace and Aviation Technology

Since the Barany chair has been universally used by both the Army and Navy in the selection of candidates for aviation, we thought it desirable to see if there really is any correlation between flying ability and the Barany tests. We knew, for instance, that trapeze performers and Russian dancers have very little, if any, nystagmus after whirling, and yet their proficiency in their professions depends on their sense of balance. We knew that men who have a so-called normal nystagmus time before flying often lose all or a great part of it after numerous flights. It seemed to us, therefore, that for the most part the use of the chair has been taken more or less on faith after the following line of reasoning: A well defined sense of equilibrium is necessary for aviation. The Barany chair determines the normality or abnormality of function of one's semicircular canals, which