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. 2012 Apr 24;13(4):517–525. doi: 10.1007/s10162-012-0330-7

TABLE 2.

DVA in subjects with unilateral vestibular pathology

Vestibular athology Ipsilesional yaw Contralesional yaw Yaw difference Ipsilesional roll Contralesional roll Roll difference Pitch up Pitch down Pitch difference Glasses?
Left UVH 0.865 0.488 0.377 0.508 0.544 0.036 0.721 0.721 0.000 Yes
Left UVD 0.720 0.421 0.299 0.519 0.350 0.169 0.576 0.519 0.057 No
Left UVD 0.559 0.333 0.226 0.285 0.308 0.023 0.582 0.426 0.156 Yes
Right UVD 0.450 0.508 0.058 0.327 0.372 0.045 0.414 0.414 0.000 Yes
Mean 0.649 0.438 0.240 0.41 0.394 0.068 0.573 0.520 0.053
SD 0.182 0.079 0.136 0.12 0.103 0.068 0.126 0.142 0.074

The DVA during passive head impulses is significantly different based on plane of head rotation (p = 0.04). The DVA within planar head rotations (i.e., up vs. down) is more asymmetric for yaw than DVA in either roll or pitch. Difference column shows difference in DVA within cardinal planes

UVH unilateral vestibular hypofunction, UVD unilateral vestibular deafferentation surgery due to vestibular schwannoma