Orbital auscultation is recommended as a screening technique in patients with subjective bruit or tinnitus, persistent conjunctivitis, exophthalmos, headache, seizure disorder and other neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. It can reveal carotid-cavernous fistula, cerebral arteriovenous malformation, an intracranial mass which is producing increased intracerebral pressure, Paget's disease and other vascular abnormalities.
对于有主观杂音或耳鸣、持续性结膜炎、眼球突出、头痛、癫痫发作障碍及其他神经和精神症状的患者,推荐进行眼眶听诊作为一种筛查技术。它可以揭示颈内动脉海绵窦瘘、脑动静脉畸形、导致颅内压升高的颅内肿块、佩吉特病及其他血管异常。