The methods used in our research studies include the following:

Vestibular Function Testing

  • Video-oculography (VOG)
  • Bi-thermal Caloric Testing
  • Rotational Chair Testing (Emory Dizziness and Balance Center)
  • Video Head Impulse Testing (VHIT)
  • Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (cVEMP)
  • Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (oVEMP)
  • Video Ocular Counter-roll Testing (VOCR)

Oculomotor Function Testing

  • Smooth Pursuit
  • Saccades
  • Optokinetic Nystagmus
  • Vestibulo-ocular Reflex Suppression

Nystagmus Testing

  • Spontaneous Nystagmus
  • Gaze-evoked Nystagmus
  • End-gaze Nystagmus
  • Positional Nystagmus
  • Positioning Nystagmus

Vestibular Perception Threshold Testing

  • 6 Degree-of-Freedom Motion Platform (Coming soon!)

Verticality Perception Testing

  • Subjective Visual Vertical
  • Rod and Frame Test
  • Rod and Disk Test

Balance Testing

  • Movement Kinematics (Inertial Measurement Units)
  • Standardized Observational Balance Testing
  • Computerized Dynamic Posturography (Emory Dizziness and Balance Center)

Gait Testing

  • Movement Kinematics (Inertial Measurement Units)
  • Standardized Observational Gait Analysis