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AUDIOLOGY FOR OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 30  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 69-72

The role of videonystagmography (VNG) in assessment of dizzy patient


Audiology Unit, ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Correspondence Address:
Soha Mekki
Audio-Vestibular Medicine, ENT Department and Head of Audiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig University
Egypt
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/1012-5574.133167

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Videonystagmography (VNG) is a complete diagnostic system for recording, analyzing, and reporting eye movements using video imaging technology, in which hi-tech video goggles with infrared cameras are used. VNG includes a series of tests used to determine whether a vestibular disease may be causing a balance or dizziness problem; VNG can differentiate between a central and a peripheral vestibular lesion, and, if peripheral, it can decipher between unilateral and bilateral vestibular loss. VNG addresses the functionality of each ear.


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