Abstract
The author examined otorhinologically 22 cases of hemiplegia who visited the Osaka Association for Prevention of Adult Diseases during the 18 months (September 1959-February 1961) with the following results.
1. Hearing loss was observed in 11 out of 22 cases of hemiplegia. The loss was observed on the non-paralyzed side in 7, on both sides in 2, and on the paralyzed side in 2.
2. Twelve of these patients revealed spontaneous nystagmus, the direction of which was mostly to the non-paralyzed side in the early stage of seizure and mostly to the paralyzed side after the lapse of time.
3. Seventeen cases revealed positional nystagmus. In the early stage of seizure the directionfixed nystagmus or the nystagmus seen merely in a unilateral position was predominant, while in cases of slow seizure or in cases of improved paralysis after the lapse of time the nystagmus directed to upward in both unilateral positions was predominant.
4. Spontaneous deviation mostly occurred to the paralyzed side in the early stage of seizure and to the non-paralyzed side in cases of improved paralysis.
