The video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) detects vertical semicircular canal dysfunction.

BACKGROUND: The video head impulse test (vHIT) is a useful clinical tool to detect semicircular canal dysfunction. However vHIT has hitherto been limited to measurement of horizontal canals, while scleral search coils have been the only accepted method to measure head impulses in vertical canals. Th...

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Main Authors: Hamish Gavin Macdougall, Leigh Andrew McGarvie, Gabor Michael Halmagyi, Ian Stewart Curthoys, Konrad Peter Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3632590?pdf=render