VESTIBULAR RESPONSES IN THE NEWBORN
Abstract
Abstract THE STATEMENT that the labyrinth is inactive in the newborn has been made on several occasions at medical meetings. It has been heard personally and quoted by others. A casual review of the literature did not reveal any specific data. It was therefore decided to check the validity of the statement. A Bárány rotating chair was taken to the nursery for the newborn of Stanford University Hospital, and one of the nurses was seated in it, holding a newborn baby in her lap....