title: Diagnosis of acute unilateral vestibular deficit by virtual reality.
abstract: The aim of our study was to establish a new diagnostic approach, through the use of virtual reality, to the study of the subjective vertical bar in unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction. We subjected 174 patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction (ages 18-82 years) to vestibular diagnosis with the virtual reality system. We changed the classic configuration of the subjective visual vertical into a subjective visual horizontal bar. This technique revealed values of the subjective visual horizontal outside the normal range in 91% of patients.
authors.affiliation: Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. renzomora@libero.it
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cesarani
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: Francesco Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Passali
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Giulio Cesare
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Passali
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbieri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology