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  • Title: Unterberger's stepping test in acoustic neuroma.
    Author: Moffat DA, Harries ML, Baguley DM, Hardy DG.
    Journal: J Laryngol Otol; 1989 Sep; 103(9):839-41. PubMed ID: 2584872.
    Abstract:
    A prospective study of 100 patients with a unilateral, subsequently histologically proven, acoustic neuroma seen in the Department of Otoneurosurgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital between 1983 and 1988, demonstrated that Unterberger's Stepping test achieved a higher sensitivity (71 per cent) than the Romberg test (39 per cent). The discrepancy between tests is at a maximum for small acoustic neuromas, and therefore the Stepping test may help in the earlier detection of vestibular abnormalities.
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