ReviewFrontiers in neurology2017
The Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus Test of Vestibular Function-A Review.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vestibular deficit and recovery in rare forms of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with downbeat nystagmus.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Age-Related Increase in Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus Slow-Phase Velocity in a Clinical Population with Normal vHIT and VEMP: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus Reveals Hidden Vestibular Asymmetry Dissociated from vHIT, VEMPs and Velocity-Storage-Related Responses: A Clinical-Physiological Case Series and Temporal-Domain Hypothesis.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Using 100 Hz Mastoid Vibration in Apogeotropic Posterior Semicircular Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications in a Retrospective Case-Control Study.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Motorist's Disorientation Syndrome-A Narrative Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Ageing changes the proprioceptive contribution to balance control under different types of mastoid vibration: A cross-sectional study.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Vibration-Induced Nystagmus in Patients with Ménière's Disease: Is There a Correlation to Endolymphatic Hydrops?Audiology research · 2025Article
- Usefulness of Nystagmus Patterns in Distinguishing Peripheral From Central Acute Vestibular Syndromes at the Bedside: A Critical Review.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Review
- Applying bilateral mastoid vibration changes the margin of stability in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions while walking on different inclines.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- The effect of the menstrual cycle on the vestibular system in healthy adult women.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Article
- Skull vibration induced nystagmus, velocity storage and self-stability.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Correlation of skull vibration-induced nystagmus test and video head impulse test in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss with vertigo.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- The utility of artificial vestibular stimulation in decoding the pathophysiology of mal de débarquement syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Horizontal head-shaking test: pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical interpretation.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- The neural basis of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. The cVEMP is a specific indicator of saccular function.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Clinical Advancements in Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus (SVIN) over the Last Two Years: A Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Determination of Recovery by Total Restitution or Compensation Using Multifrequency Vestibular Tests and Subjective Functional Scales in a Human Model of Vestibular Neuritis.Audiology research · 2024Article
- Ocular Movement Examination in Peripheral Vestibular Disorders as a Tool to Improve Diagnosis: A Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Clinical Profile, Trends, and Management in Pediatric Patients with Audiovestibular Disorders: Can We Predict Emotional Disability in Pediatric Patients with Episodes of Vertigo and Dizziness?Audiology research · 2024Article
- Focused Update on Migraine and Vertigo Comorbidity.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Review
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Abstract
A 100-Hz bone-conducted vibration applied to either mastoid induces instantaneously a predominantly horizontal nystagmus, with quick phases beating away from the affected side in patients with a unilateral vestibular loss (UVL). The same stimulus in healthy asymptomatic subjects has little or no effect. This is skull vibration-induced nystagmus (SVIN), and it is a useful, simple, non-invasive, robust indicator of asymmetry of vestibular function and the side of the vestibular loss. The nystagmus is precisely stimulus-locked: it starts with stimulation onset and stops at stimulation offset, with no post-stimulation reversal. It is sustained during long stimulus durations; it is reproducible; it beats in the same direction irrespective of which mastoid is stimulated; it shows little or no habituation; and it is permanent-even well-compensated UVL patients show SVIN. A SVIN is observed under Frenzel goggles or videonystagmoscopy and recorded under videonystagmography in absence of visual-fixation and strong sedative drugs. Stimulus frequency, location, and intensity modify the results, and a large variability in skull morphology between people can modify the stimulus. SVIN to 100 Hz mastoid stimulation is a robust response. We describe the optimum method of stimulation on the basis of the literature data and testing more than 18,500 patients. Recent neural evidence clarifies which vestibular receptors are stimulated, how they cause the nystagmus, and why the same vibration in patients with semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) causes a nystagmus beating toward the affected ear. This review focuses not only on the optimal parameters of the stimulus and response of UVL and SCD patients but also shows how other vestibular dysfunctions affect SVIN. We conclude that the presence of SVIN is a useful indicator of the asymmetry of vestibular function between the two ears, but in order to identify which is the affected ear, other information and careful clinical judgment are needed.
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