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Comparison of Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) Gains Between Two Commercially Available Devices and by Different Gain
Sang Hun Lee1, Myung Hoon Yoo2, Jun Woo Park1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul.
Objectives:
To evaluate whether video head impulse test (vHIT) gains are dependent on the measuring device and method of analysis.
Study Design:
Prospective study.
Methods:
vHIT was performed in 25 healthy subjects using two devices simultaneously. vHIT gains were compared between these instruments and using five different methods of comparing position and velocity gains during head movement intervals.
Results:
The two devices produced different vHIT gain results with the same method of analysis. There were also significant differences in the vHIT gains measured using different analytical methods. The gain analytic method that compares the areas under the velocity curve (AUC) of the head and eye movements during head movements showed lower vHIT gains than a method that compared the peak velocities of the head and eye movements. The former method produced the vHIT gain with the smallest standard deviation among the five procedures tested in this study.
Conclusion:
vHIT gains differ in normal subjects depending on the device and method of analysis used, suggesting that it is advisable for each device to have its own normal values. Gain calculations that compare the AUC of the head and eye movements during the head movements show the smallest variance.
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