Bilateral Vestibulopathy: What Can the Video Head Impulse Test Tell Us?

ABSTRACT: Bilateral vestibulopathy (BV) is a known cause of chronic vestibular syndrome. With the video head impulse test (VHIT), we can now evaluate all six semicircular canals independently and establish BV subgroups based on canal gain patterns. Background/objectives: To assess canal gain patterns for BV with VHIT, and evaluate subgroups with regard to sex, age, and hearing loss. Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed of all patients who underwent a VHIT between January 2021 and July 2024. Patients with decreased lateral canal gains, bilaterally, were included. Results of canal gains, VHIT patterns, audiometry, and videonystagmography (VNG) results were reviewed. Results: 101 cases were included. Patients were 75.5 ± 13.1 years old and 64.4% were women. Various V

SUBMITTER: Waissbluth S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11932195 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature