Schuchman G, Joachims H Z
Ear Hear. 1985 Nov-Dec;6(6):325-8. doi: 10.1097/00003446-198511000-00009.
The Eustachian tube swallow test (ETST) proposed by Williams (1975. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 84, 339-343) and Bluestone (1975. American Electromedics Corp, New York) was performed on both ears of 62 otologically normal young adult participants in a scuba diving course. The results of the ETST were evaluated according to various pass-fail criteria. A 95% pass rate was achieved only when applying the most lenient criteria, those which considered a minimal shift in either tympanometric peak pressure or amplitude. There was no relation between the subjects' performance on the ETST and the otoscopic evidence of barotrauma after an actual dive. The ETST was of no practical value in screening prospective divers.
对62名参加水肺潜水课程的耳科正常的年轻成年参与者的双耳进行了威廉姆斯（1975年。《耳鼻喉科年鉴》84卷，339 - 343页）和布卢斯托尼（1975年。美国电子医学公司，纽约）提出的咽鼓管吞咽试验（ETST）。根据各种通过 - 失败标准对ETST的结果进行了评估。只有应用最宽松的标准，即那些考虑鼓室压峰压或幅度最小变化的标准时，才能达到95%的通过率。在实际潜水后，受试者在ETST上的表现与气压伤的耳镜证据之间没有关联。ETST在筛选潜在潜水员方面没有实际价值。
