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Clinical Evaluation of the Vestibular System: The Vestibular Laboratory Tests

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This chapter describes the tests of vestibular function that are conducted in a laboratory dedicated to the evaluation of the vestibular system. These tests are useful to confirm the preliminary diagnosis derived from the clinical history, the physical examination, and the bedside tests, to identify oculomotor abnormalities by means of a sensitive analysis of eye movements, and to determine whether laboratory tests or images are necessary.

The evaluations of spontaneous and gaze nystagmus, smooth pursuit, saccade tests, optokinetic tests, dynamic positional tests, rotatory chairs, caloric tests, video head impulse tests, and vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials will be discussed.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Albert Einstein Hospital , São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Pedro Luiz Mangabeira Albernaz

  2. Otology / Neurotology, Clínica Maia, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Francisco Zuma e Maia

  3. Neurotology, Fundación San Lucas para la Neurociencia, Rosário, Santa Fé, Argentina

    Sergio Carmona

  4. Curso de Medicina, Centro Universitário do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

    Renato Valério Rodrigues Cal

  5. Department of Neurology in Hospital de San Luis, Fundación San Lucas para la Neurociencia, Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina

    Guillermo Zalazar

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Albernaz, P.L.M., Zuma e Maia, F., Carmona, S., Cal, R.V.R., Zalazar, G. (2019). Clinical Evaluation of the Vestibular System: The Vestibular Laboratory Tests. In: The New Neurotology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11283-7_5

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