Abstract
The video head impulse test (vHIT) assesses the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) during a rapid high-velocity low amplitude (10°–20°) head rotation. Patients with peripheral vestibulopathy have a reduced VOR gain with corrective catch-up saccades during the head turn. There are several pitfalls, mainly technical, which may interfere with interpretation of vHIT data. In addition, intrusive eye movement disorders such as spontaneous nystagmus that affect normal eye position and tracking can affect the vHIT results. To date there has been little study of neurological saccadic eye movements that may interfere with the interpretation of vHIT data. Here, in ten patients with a range of central neurological disorders, we describe oculomotor abnormalities on vHIT in the presence of normal range VOR gain values, recorded at a tertiary vestibular neurology service.
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