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  • Title: Is head-shaking nystagmus a sign of vestibular dysfunction?
    Author: Hall SF, Laird ME.
    Journal: J Otolaryngol; 1992 Jun; 21(3):209-12. PubMed ID: 1404573.
    Abstract:
    It has been proposed that head-shaking nystagmus is a reliable test or indicator of vestibular dysfunction. Using a series of 340 patients and 20 controls, this paper compares the vestibular test data to head-shake test data to answer some of the questions about this poorly understood response. Head-shaking nystagmus appears to reflect the underlying spontaneous nystagmus and its direction has no relationship to the side of the vestibular asymmetry.
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