The video head impulse test

GM Halmagyi, L Chen, HG MacDougall… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In 1988, we introduced impulsive testing of semicircular canal (SCC) function measured with
scleral search coils and showed that it could accurately and reliably detect impaired function …

A review of the geometrical basis and the principles underlying the use and interpretation of the video head impulse test (vHIT) in clinical vestibular testing

IS Curthoys, LA McGarvie, HG MacDougall… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This paper is concerned mainly with the assumptions underpinning the actual testing
procedure, measurement, and interpretation of the video head impulse test—vHIT. Other …

A new saccadic indicator of peripheral vestibular function based on the video head impulse test

HG MacDougall, LA McGarvie, GM Halmagyi… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: While compensatory saccades indicate vestibular loss in the conventional head
impulse test paradigm (HIMP), in which the participant fixates an earth-fixed target, we …

Saccadic velocity in the new suppression head impulse test: a new indicator of horizontal vestibular canal paresis and of vestibular compensation

Q Shen, C Magnani, O Sterkers, G Lamas… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Objective To determine whether saccadic velocity in the suppression head impulse
paradigm (SHIMP) test is a reliable indicator of vestibular loss at the acute and at the chronic …

The clinical use of the suppression head impulse paradigm in patients with vestibulopathy: a systematic review

L Manzari, S De Angelis, AA Princi, G Galeoto… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: This review aims to explore the potential clinical application of the suppression
head impulse paradigm (SHIMP) in patients with unilateral and bilateral vestibulopathy …

Suppression head impulse test (SHIMP) versus head impulse test (HIMP) when diagnosing bilateral Vestibulopathy

T van Dooren, D Starkov, F Lucieer, B Dobbels… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Suppression Head Impulse (SHIMP) test was introduced as an alternative to the Head
Impulse Paradigm (HIMP) to overcome challenges in VOR gain calculation due to the …

Clinical application of the head impulse test of semicircular canal function

IS Curthoys, L Manzari - Hearing, Balance and Communication, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To review the theory, the validity and the clinical application and the new
developments of the video head impulse test (vHIT) of semicircular canal function. vHIT has …

The video head impulse test (vHIT)

IS Curthoys, HG MacDougall… - Balance function …, 2014 - books.google.com
In many clinics around the world the video head impulse test (vHIT) of semicircular canal
function is the first test given to patients reporting symptoms of dizziness or vertigo, because …

Vestibulo‐ocular reflex gain values in the suppression head impulse test of healthy subjects

J Rey‐Martinez, I Thomas‐Arrizabalaga… - The …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess whether there are differences in vestibulo‐ocular reflex (VOR) gain for
suppression head impulse (SHIMP) and head impulse (HIMP) video head impulse test …

Suppression Head Impulse Paradigm (SHIMP) in evaluating the vestibulo-saccadic interaction in patients with vestibular neuritis

L Manzari, M Tramontano - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Evaluate the potential clinical application of the Suppression Head Impulse
Paradigm (SHIMP) in evaluating the vestibulo-saccadic interaction in patients with vestibular …