SYMPTOMATOLOGY UNDER STORM CONDITIONS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC IN CONTROL SUBJECTS AND IN PERSONS WITH BILATERAL LABYRINTHINE DEFECTS

Ten labyrinthine defective (L-D) and twenty normal subjects were exposed to extremely severe weather conditions during a sea voyage. The effects of such a stress were complicated by a feeling of fear in all of the normal and in some of the L-D subjects. None of the latter manifested typical symptoms...

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Main Authors: Kennedy, Robert S., Graybiel, Ashton, McDonough, Robert C., Beckwith, Frederick D.
Other Authors: NAVAL SCHOOL OF AVIATION MEDICINE PENSACOLA FL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Anatomy and Physiology
*VESTIBULAR APPARATUS
*MOTION SICKNESS
FEAR
STORMS
OCEANS
SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY)
EAR
ANXIETY
ETIOLOGY
DEAFNESS
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0620374
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0620374
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Summary:Ten labyrinthine defective (L-D) and twenty normal subjects were exposed to extremely severe weather conditions during a sea voyage. The effects of such a stress were complicated by a feeling of fear in all of the normal and in some of the L-D subjects. None of the latter manifested typical symptoms of motion sickness whereas all of the normal subjects did. The fact that the L-D subjects did not become sick suggests that, even in instances where motion sickness symptoms appear to be triggered by anxiety, the vestibular organs plan an essential etiological role.

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