title: The significance of optic fixation in tests of vestibular function.
abstract: Claims are often made that the electronystagmographic recording of induced nystagmic responses either with eye closure or in darkness enhances the sensitivity of the test. While this may be true of certain parameters it is not true of all and may in fact lead to a reduction in the diagnostic information obtainable with optic fixation upon a target.
mesh_terms: D002150:Caloric Tests / Q000379:methods*; D004584:Electronystagmography / Q000379:methods; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests / Q000379:methods*