caloric vestibular stimulation
In medicine, the caloric reflex test (sometimes termed 'vestibular caloric stimulation') is a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex that involves irrigating cold or warm water or air into the external auditory canal. This method was developed by Robert BÃ¡rÃ¡ny who won a Nobel prize in 1914 for this discovery. 1 Utility.