[Caloric evaluation of the vestibular organ in the child--an electronystagmography study for determining age dependence of the vestibulo-ocular response].

The vestibular-ocular reflex was examined after caloric stimulation on 120 healthy children, age 5 to 14 years. The different parameters of the nystagmus such as the beats during the culmination period of 30 s, the velocity of the slow phase and the amplitude and duration of the nystagmus showed a clear correlation to the child's age. The values for the duration of the nystagmus and the number of beats after caloric stimulation increased with respect to age, whereas the other parameters decreased.