Study Objectives
The purpose of the study was to appraise the added benefit of RS
parameters alongside the VOR gain values towards the improvement of the
vHIT diagnostic accuracy. Specifically, the horizontal vHIT (hvHIT)
results of patients with leftward VOR gain values <0.8,
currently defined as pathological (2,4,5,6,7,16), which was registered
by right eye position of the testing system camera, were retrospectively
evaluated for the presence of RS. The contribution of low VOR gain
values with and without the addition of RS findings to the patients’
final diagnosis of left vestibular dysfunction was analyzed. The focus
of our study was on the diagnosis of left horizontal canal dysfunction
as the mono-ocular right eye placement of the recording camera, might
introduce potential bias of lower leftwards VOR gain values
(4,6,9,11,15).