Dizziness and Imbalance in Children
Dizziness and imbalance are some of the most commonly reported medical symptoms in an adult population, but are rarely encountered in a pediatric population and are estimated to affect anywhere from 0.4 to 5% of children in the United States. While this is a relatively low percentage of the population, there is also the potential…
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What is the role of the Video Head Impulse Test in Vestibular Assessment?
I was recently reading an article titled Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Head Impulse Test- A Scoping Review. This article’s primary aim was to assess the ability of the video head impulse test (vHIT) to detect vestibular dysfunction based on an extensive review of the literature. In recent years, the introduction of different assessment…
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