Objectives/Hypothesis: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) designates a spectrum of disorders characterized by inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity whose neurological foundations are largely unknown. Current research hypothesizes several mechanisms for the symptoms seen in this heterogeneous population, including vestibular dysfhnction. Past research has investigated the vesti...

BACKGROUND Determining the nerve of origin for vestibular schwannoma (VS), as a method for predicting hearing prognosis, has not been systematically considered. The vestibular test can be used to investigate the function of the superior vestibular nerve (SVN) and the inferior vestibular nerve (IVN). This study aimed to preoperatively distinguish the nerve of origin for VS patients using the ves...

IMPORTANCE Dizziness and imbalance are common clinical problems, and accurate diagnosis depends on determining whether damage is localized to the peripheral vestibular system. Vestibular testing guides this determination, but the accuracy of the different tests is not known. OBJECTIVE To determine how well each element of the vestibular test battery segregates patients with normal peripheral ...

IMPORTANCE Vestibular disorders have been reported following cochlear implant (CI) surgery, but the literature shows a wide discrepancy in the reported clinical impact. The aim of this meta-analysis is to quantify the effect of CI before and after surgery on the outcomes of vestibular tests, postural stability, and subjective perception of dizziness. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of CI su...

Overview. Neurologists are frequently called upon to evaluate patients with vertigo and dizziness and, in some cases, to make sense of abnormal vestibular tests. Consequently, it is useful to have some familiarity with the methods used to test vestibular function. The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) is a reflex that acts at short latency to generate eye movements that compensate for head rotation...

We report the bilateral absence of response to tests of vestibular function in 5 patients with familial dysautonomia.

Research during the past two decades has demonstrated an important role of the vestibular system in topographical orientation and memory and the network of neural structures associated with them. Almost all of the supporting data have come from animal or human clinical studies, however. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the link between vestibular function and topographical me...

The purpose of this study was to prove the hypothesis that caloric response in Ménière's disease (MD) is reduced by hydropic expansion of the vestibular labyrinth, not by vestibular hypofunction, by evaluating the correlation morphologically using an intravenous Gadolinium (IV-Gd) inner ear MRI. In study I, the prevalence of abnormal video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) results among the patients wit...

CONCLUSION The subjective visual vertical (SVV) test can detect abnormality of the otolithic organs and the graviceptive pathways present in a considerable number of patients having dizziness but presenting no abnormal findings in conventional vestibular function tests. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the SVV test can detect dysfunction of the otolithic organs and perception of gravity in patie...