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Old 4th Jul 2008, 21:36
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Could this instrument test for vertigo in any way ?
Not really, I'm, afraid ! It's testing the balance of the muscles actually moving the eyes in their sockets.

Vertigo is a SYMPTOM (ie something the patient senses and reports, as against a SIGN which is something that an outsider such as a doctor can elicit independently).

Many lay people know there is an association between the symptom of vertigo and a sign called NYSTAGMUS, in which the eyes flick rapidly back and forth horizontally. But this is usually mediated in the Central Nervous System, not specifically in the eye muscles.

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