The Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) – What Is It | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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By Carolyn Falls, MSc

Starting out as a vestibular audiologist can be overwhelming. It usually involves setting aside much of what you learned in school to nose-dive into a sea of often complicated and confusing vestibular function tests. Each test has its own set of strict rules along with seemingly dozens of exceptions. Interpretation is rarely straightforward. Add to that the fact that the literature on vestibular function testing goes back over 100 years and contains many areas where there is little consensus among researchers. Speaking from personal experience, the idea of mastering the various tests felt like an insurmountable challenge when I was first starting out.

The introduction of the video head impulse test (vHIT) to our clinic was a turning point for me. Finally, I had something I could learn from the very beginning instead of feeli...