ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY OF DIVERS WITH HISTORIES OF NEUROLOGICAL DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS

Objective-To determine whether divers with histories of neurological d ecompression illness are electroencephalographically distinguishable f rom non-divers. Methods-The electroencephalograms (EEGs) from 68 diver s with histories of neurological decompression illness and 45 non-dive r controls were examined independently by two clinical neurophysiologi sts. Results-The diver and non-diver groups were electroencephalogragh ically indistinguishable. Conclusion-There is no electroencephalograph ic evidence for the existence of cerebral dysfunction in divers with h istories of decompression illness.