Charles Skinner Hallpike
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English otologist, born July 19, 1900, Murree, India; died September 26, 1979.
Biography of Charles Skinner Hallpike
Charles Skinner Hallpike worked in the National Hospital at Queen Square, where he developed an internationally renowned neurotology clinic. His bithermal caloric test and positional tests are still routinely used in evaluation of the vertiginous patient.
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