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BASIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF VERTIGO AND DIZZINESS
Volume 1164, Issue -, Pages 413-418Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03733.x
Keywords
vestibular; driving; human performance; oscillopsia; vestibular loss; vestibular rehabilitation
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- Australian Research Council Discovery [DP0665402]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NNJ04HF51G]
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This study measured on-road driving behavior in subjects with bilateral vestibular loss (BVL). Data included point-of-regard (what the driver is looking at and attending to), gaze stability (the performance of the vestibulo-ocular reflex), and head movement, during complex maneuvers such as changing lanes, cornering, pulling into traffic, and parking. Subjective and objective measures showed few differences between BVL subjects and age-matched controls, and that it is possible to drive well with little or no peripheral vestibular function. This has important implications for driver licensing, road-safety policy, and for the potential successful rehabilitation of vestibular patients. Patients with unilateral vestibular dysfunction may have more difficulty driving than their bilateral counterparts.
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