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Review
. 2021 Dec 30;12(1):10-21.
doi: 10.3390/audiolres12010002.

Fifty Years of Development of the Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus Test

Solara Sinno  1   2 , Sébastien Schmerber  3   4 , Philippe Perrin  1   2   5 , Georges Dumas  1   2   3
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Review

Fifty Years of Development of the Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus Test

Solara Sinno et al. Audiol Res. .

Abstract

This review enumerates most of the studies on the Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus Test (SVINT) in the past 50 years from different research groups around the world. It is an attempt to demonstrate the evolution of this test and its increased interest around the globe. It explores clinical studies and animal studies, both permitting a better understanding of the importance of SVINT and its pathophysiology.

Keywords: Skull Vibration Induced Nystagmus Test (SVINT).

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Three-dimensional recording of a positive test (left severe unilateral vestibular lesion) from Dumas and Michel. Valeur sémeiologique du test de vibration osseux crânien. In: IPSEN, editor. XXXIème Symposium International d’Otoneurologie, Liège, Belgium (1997). The three components are observed H: Horizontal, V: Vertical, and T: Torsional. N: no stimulation; LM: Left mastoid stimulation; and RM: Right mastoid stimulation.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Frequency optimization in 15 Total Unilateral Vestibular Loss patients (Translabyrinthine approach or Vestibular neurectomy). Stimulation with the Minishaker (Bruel Kjaer (B&K), Naerum, the Netherlands). Presented by Dumas et al. at the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Congress, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2019 [62].
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