Head-shaking nystagmus: Associations with canal paresis and hearing loss

D. Wei; T. C. Hain; L. R. Proctor

doi:10.3109/00016488909125540

Head-shaking nystagmus: Associations with canal paresis and hearing loss

D. Wei, T. C. Hain^*, L. R. Proctor

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Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences

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Abstract

In 108 patients referred for caloric testing, head-shaking nystagmus (HSN) was noted in 37 electronystagmography (ENG) recordings. A canal paresis was found in 31 patients and a sensorineural or mixed hearing loss in one or both ears was found in 45 patients. Both HSN and canal paresis were insensitive predictors of either hearing loss or of each other. HSN was less sensitive as well as less specific than canal paresis for hearing loss. These data suggest that HSN is not as powerful a test as canal paresis in detecting lesions of the 8th nerve.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	362-367
Number of pages	6
Journal	Acta Oto-Laryngologica
Volume	108
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/00016488909125540
State	Published - 1989

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Caloric testing
Vestibular testing

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Otorhinolaryngology

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