{"id":17749,"date":"2026-10-20T19:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bak.lt\/paslaugos\/functional-and-specialised-tests\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T19:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:21:39","slug":"functional-and-specialised-tests","status":"publish","type":"paslaugos","link":"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/functional-and-specialised-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional and specialised tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n\/* BAK MASTER \u2013 FUNKCINIAI IR SPECIALIZUOTI TYRIMAI *\/\n.bak-service-content{font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;line-height:1.7}\n.bak-service-content *{box-sizing:border-box}\n.bak-service-content .bak-intro{background:#F1F4EF;border-left:4px solid #5E7053;padding:30px;margin:0 0 42px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-intro>p{font-size:18px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.65;margin:0}\n.bak-service-content .bak-benefits{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:26px 34px;margin-top:30px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-benefit{border-top:2px solid #5E7053;padding:15px 8px 0 0}\n.bak-service-content .bak-benefit strong{display:block;font-weight:600;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:7px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-benefit p{font-weight:400;line-height:1.55;margin:0}\n.bak-service-content section{margin:0 0 46px}\n.bak-service-content h2{margin:0 0 20px}\n.bak-service-content p{margin:0 0 18px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-accordion{margin:24px 0}\n.bak-service-content .bak-accordion>details{border-bottom:1px solid #D9DED6;padding:0 0 14px;margin:0 0 14px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-accordion>details>summary{position:relative;display:block;cursor:pointer;list-style:none;padding:17px 44px 17px 0;font-weight:600;line-height:1.5;color:inherit;background:transparent}\n.bak-service-content summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}\n.bak-service-content .bak-accordion>details>summary::after,.bak-service-content .bak-faq summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:5px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);color:#5E7053;font-size:27px;font-weight:400;line-height:1}\n.bak-service-content .bak-accordion>details[open]>summary::after,.bak-service-content .bak-faq details[open]>summary::after{content:\"\u2212\"}\n.bak-service-content .bak-accordion-body{padding:14px 10px 20px 0}\n.bak-service-content summary:focus-visible{outline:2px solid #5E7053;outline-offset:2px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-button-wrap{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px;margin:20px 0 22px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-button{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;background:#5E7053;color:#fff!important;text-decoration:none!important;padding:14px 24px;border:1px solid #5E7053;border-radius:4px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.45;text-align:center}\n.bak-service-content .bak-button:hover,.bak-service-content .bak-button:focus{background:#485A40;color:#fff!important}\n.bak-service-content .bak-faq{margin-top:24px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-faq details{border-bottom:1px solid #D9DED6;padding-bottom:22px;margin-bottom:22px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-faq summary{position:relative;display:block;cursor:pointer;list-style:none;font-weight:600;line-height:1.5;padding:4px 40px 4px 0}\n.bak-service-content .bak-faq-answer{padding:18px 38px 0 0}\n.bak-service-content .bak-price{background:#F1F4EF;padding:26px 30px;margin-bottom:0}\n@media(max-width:767px){\n.bak-service-content .bak-intro,.bak-service-content .bak-price{padding:22px 20px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-benefits{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:20px;margin-top:25px}\n.bak-service-content section{margin-bottom:36px}\n.bak-service-content .bak-button{width:100%}\n.bak-service-content .bak-faq-answer{padding-right:0}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"bak-service-content\">\n\n<div class=\"bak-intro\">\n<p>Functional and specialised tests help assess how different body systems are working. Baltic American Clinic performs breathing, hearing, balance, sleep, eye and urinary function tests. The doctor chooses the specific tests based on your symptoms and state of health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-benefits\">\n<div class=\"bak-benefit\"><strong>Targeted assessment of function<\/strong><p>The test looks at how a specific body system works.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bak-benefit\"><strong>Diagnostics across specialities<\/strong><p>The tests are used in pulmonology, otorhinolaryngology and other fields.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bak-benefit\"><strong>Individually chosen<\/strong><p>The test method depends on your symptoms and the medical indications.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bak-benefit\"><strong>A plan for further care<\/strong><p>The results help plan further tests or treatment.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n<h2>When should you seek these tests?<\/h2>\n<p>The tests may be ordered for shortness of breath, a persistent cough, hearing loss, dizziness, sleep disorders, changes in vision, urinary problems or other specific complaints.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n<section>\n<h2>Which tests are performed?<\/h2>\n<p>Choose a test to find out what it helps to assess and which doctor&#8217;s consultation may be needed. The doctor decides which tests are needed based on medical indications.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"bak-accordion\">\n\n<details>\n<summary>Spirometry and tests with a bronchodilator or exercise<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> It helps assess airflow and lung function and detect signs of airway (bronchial) obstruction or changes in breathing function after a medicine or exercise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> A pulmonologist and, if needed, an allergist or family doctor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/pulmonology\/\">Pulmonologist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/allergology\/\">Allergist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Pulse oximetry<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> It measures blood oxygen saturation non-invasively; the result is interpreted together with symptoms and other findings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> A pulmonologist, paediatrician or another doctor, depending on the condition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/pulmonology\/\">Pulmonologist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Audiometry, tympanometry and otoacoustic emission testing<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> These tests help assess hearing sensitivity, middle ear function and certain measures of inner ear response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> An ENT specialist (otorhinolaryngologist); for children, a paediatric ENT specialist or paediatrician.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/ear-nose-throat-treatment\/\">ENT specialist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Tuning fork tests and vestibular function tests<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> These tests help assess certain disorders of hearing conduction and of the balance system when you experience dizziness, unsteadiness or hearing symptoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> An ENT specialist and, if needed, an otoneurologist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/ear-nose-throat-treatment\/\">ENT specialist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Videonystagmography<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> It records eye movements and helps examine how the balance system works, especially in recurrent dizziness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> An ENT specialist or otoneurologist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/ear-nose-throat-treatment\/\">ENT specialist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Polysomnography<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> Breathing, oxygen saturation and other measures are recorded during sleep; the test helps diagnose and assess sleep apnoea and some other sleep disorders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> An ENT specialist, pulmonologist or sleep medicine specialist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/ear-nose-throat-treatment\/\">ENT specialist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Ophthalmic function tests<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> Tests of eye pressure, the fundus, refraction, tear secretion and stereoscopic vision help assess disorders of vision, eye structures and tear production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> An ophthalmologist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/ophthalmology\/\">Ophthalmologist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Uroflowmetry<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> It measures the urine flow rate and other urination parameters and helps assess signs of urinary outflow disorders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> A urologist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/urology\/\">Urologist consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Body composition analysis<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> It helps estimate the approximate proportion of fat mass and lean body mass and how they change. It is a supplementary test, not a stand-alone test for diagnosing disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> A dietitian, endocrinologist or family doctor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/dietetics\/\">Dietitian consultation \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<details>\n<summary>Fetal heart rate monitoring (CTG)<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-accordion-body\">\n<p><strong>What does it help to assess?<\/strong> It records the fetal heart rate and uterine activity; depending on the stage of pregnancy and the clinical situation, it helps assess the condition of the baby.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who may recommend the test?<\/strong> An obstetrician-gynaecologist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bak-button-wrap\">\n<a class=\"bak-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bak.lt\/en\/services\/obstetrics-maternity-care\/\">Pregnancy care \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section>\n<h2>How is the test performed?<\/h2>\n<p>The procedure depends on the method: in spirometry you blow into the mouthpiece of a device, in audiometry you listen to sound signals, in videonystagmography your eye movements are recorded, and polysomnography records physiological measures while you sleep.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n<section>\n<h2>Preparing for the test<\/h2>\n<p>Before your visit, tell the doctor about the medicines you take and the results of any earlier related tests. If spirometry is planned, do not change how you use inhaled medicines unless your doctor tells you to.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n<section>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions (FAQ)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"bak-faq\">\n\n<details><summary>Is spirometry painful?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-faq-answer\"><p>No. Spirometry is a non-invasive test. You will be asked to breathe out forcefully into the mouthpiece of the device several times.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n<details><summary>What is the difference between spirometry and pulse oximetry?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-faq-answer\"><p>Spirometry measures airflow and lung ventilation, while pulse oximetry measures blood oxygen saturation. The two tests assess different aspects of breathing function.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n<details><summary>Are hearing tests performed for children?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-faq-answer\"><p>Yes. Baltic American Clinic performs hearing tests suitable for children. The doctor chooses the test method according to the child&#8217;s age and ability to cooperate.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n<details><summary>What should I do if my hearing gets worse suddenly?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-faq-answer\"><p>Sudden hearing loss may need urgent treatment. Do not wait for a planned test \u2013 seek emergency medical care.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n<details><summary>How are balance tests performed?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-faq-answer\"><p>The doctor may assess your balance, eye movements and response to changes in head position. In videonystagmography, eye movements are recorded with special equipment.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n<details><summary>How does polysomnography differ from sleep endoscopy?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"bak-faq-answer\"><p>Polysomnography helps identify breathing disorders that occur during sleep and the severity of sleep apnoea. Sleep endoscopy is performed during drug-induced sleep to find possible sites where the airway narrows.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"bak-price\">\n<h2>Prices of functional and specialised tests<\/h2>\n<p>The price of a test depends on the chosen procedure and its scope. If further tests or a doctor&#8217;s consultation are needed, the need for them and the expected costs are discussed in advance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Functional and specialised tests help assess how different body systems are working. Baltic American Clinic performs breathing, hearing, balance, sleep, eye and urinary function tests. The doctor chooses the specific tests based on your symptoms and state of health. Targeted assessment of function The test looks at how a specific body system works. 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