![]() The graphic above shows a positive VHIT in a patient with bilateral vestibular loss. This rather clearly shows a compensated patient who has a complete unilateral vestibular loss. For head thrusts to the left, there are many large "covert" saccades in the middle of the eye traces. For head thrusts to the right, head and eye are similar. The graphic above shows a positive VHIT in a patient with unilateral vestibular loss. the other.Īn examiner abruptly accelerates and then decellerates the head, moving the head in rapidly at high speed and then stopping it. The VHIT is an instrumented bedside technique used to diagnose reduction in vestibular function in one ear vs. See also: vhit_conflict, vhit_research, vhit_technical glitches, vhit_compensation. This material is intended for clinicians and vestibular scientists.
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