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How we do it: ‘The oral tube area method’: a new method for self‐assessment of nasal resistance
Author(s) -
Pontoppidan J.M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2005.01081.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tube (container) , nose , breathing , sensation , mouth breathing , anesthesia , surgery , composite material , materials science , neuroscience , biology
Keypoints • Breathing orally through a tube, 20 subjects compared their sensation of air resistance in the tube with their sensation of resistance breathing through the nose. • By changing the internal cross‐sectional area in the tube the subjects could choose an oral tube area where they felt the same resistance in the tube as in the nose. • Expressed by the chosen oral tube area we had a measurement of the nasal resistance. • The method can measure changes in nasal resistance. • The method is inexpensive and easy to perform.