A survey on the rhinomanometry was carried out, sending out questionnaire to the members of the Japan rhinologic society.
1 The answers could be obtained from 868 out of 2142 members (40.5%).
2 Three hundreds and eighty six members (44.5%) use the rhinomanometer to evaluate the nasal airway resistance.
3 Active anterior method wasthe most frequently employed (64%) for the rhinomanogram.
4 The usefullness of the rhinomanometry described by members was as follows; 1) easy to handle 2) not invasive to the patients.
5 Some members were not satisfied with rhinomanometry, because the rhinomanometry could not be applied to some patients or the results were not reproducible.
6 Some of the main reasons which make the members reluctant to use the rhinomanome try were that 1) there is a discrepancy between the test results and the symptom of the patien t 2) too busy to spend the time for testing 3) testing method is not yet uniformed.
