Introduction: Traditionally vestibular function has been assessed using caloric irrigations; new methods have failed to reach the same level of accuracy. Vestibular nerve dysfunction occurs with 'acoustic neuroma' or 'vestibular schwannoma. Quantitative testing of hearing by audiometry is much more widely available than quantitative vestibular testing, although consideration of vestibular dysfu...

OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of impulse oscillometry and its application to the evaluation of children with diseases of the airways. DATA SOURCES Medline and PubMed search, limited to English language and human disease, with keywords forced oscillation, impulse oscillometry, and asthma. STUDY SELECTIONS The opinions of the authors were used to select studies for inclusion in this review...

OBJECTIVE This case-control study aimed to determine whether the imbalance in Charcot-Marie-tooth (CMT) disease is caused only by reduced proprioceptive input or whether the involvement of the vestibular nerve is an additional factor. METHODS Fifteen patients with CMT disease (aged 48 ± 17 years; 8 women) underwent cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials, which reflect otolith-spinal r...

impulse buying is a significant aspect of consumer behavior and a critical concept in the marketplace. dramatic increases in consumption and possibility of credit buying all over the world has provided appropriate situations for impulse buying, however there is little information about impulse buying in eastern and in transition societies and economies. the purpose of this study is to develop a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a novel test for dynamic visual acuity (DVA) that uses an adaptive algorithm for changing the size of Landolt rings presented during active or passive head impulses, and to compare the results with search-coil head impulse testing. DESIGN Prospective study in healthy individuals and patients with peripheral vestibular deficits. SETTING Tertiary academic center. PARTI...

This paper presents a method for an on-chip fast and accurate broadband determination of MEMS behaviour. This technique is based on impulse response (IR) evaluation using pseudo-random Maximum–Length Sequences (MLS). The MLS approach is capable of providing vastly superior dynamic range in comparison to the straightforward technique using an impulse excitation and is thus an optimal solution fo...

Background: The recognized spectrum of impulse control disorders in Parkinson’s disease (PD) includes pathologic gambling, hypersexuality, compulsive buying, and binge eating, and is commonly related to exposure to dopamine agonist medications. Sweet craving in the general population is a phenomenon that is closely linked to several factors, including poor impulse control. Craving for sweets, t...