Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction: Challenges in Establishing the Diagnosis in Adults

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Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 197-218

  Van De Berg, Raymond ^a,b   Van Tilburg, Mark ^a   Kingma, Herman ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bilateral vestibular areflexia; Bilateral vestibular hypofunction; Bilateral vestibular loss; Bilateral vestibulopathy; Caloric test; Head impulse test; Rotatory chair tests; Vestibular implant; Vestibular prosthesis; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BILATERAL VESTIBULAR HYPOFUNCTION; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORNEA REFLEX; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEAD IMPULSE TEST; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSCILLOPSIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROTATORY CHAIR TEST; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL VERTIGO;

EID: 84942116290     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000433549     Document Type: Review

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