耳科医师常被请会诊排除慢性喉或鼻性咳嗽,然有些学者指出外耳道耵聍栓与异物亦可引起持续多年的咳嗽,这种原因隐晦的咳嗽称之为耳咳嗽眨射(Arnold’s神经反射),所有的耳科医师都遇到过这些病者由于耳咳嗽反射而难以在外耳道进行操作,少数文献报导了这个反射在人口学与耳科学上的关系,如Swith与其同 Otolaryngologists are often referred for consultation for the treatment of chronic throat or nasal cough. However, some scholars have pointed out that external auditory meatal suppositories and foreign bodies can cause persistent cough for many years. This obscure cough is called an ear cough blink (Arnold’s reflex ). All otologists have encountered difficulties in these ear canal patients because of their cough reflexes. A small number of articles have reported the relationship between demography and otology such as Swith’s