HINTS Exam - How Serious Is the Vertigo

The HINTS Exam is used to differentiate benign peripheral conditions from a problem in the central nervous system, lesions like a stroke. HINTS stands for Head Impulse-Nystagmus-Test of Skew. Head Impulse: a test of vestibulo-ocular reflex function. A normal Head Impulse test (HIT) strongly indicates a central localization for Acute Vestibular Syndrome.

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00:00 Introduction
01:05 Head Impulse Test
03:35 Nystagmus Assessment
04:50 Test of Skew

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[PeterJohns]

A couple of points if I may. Your first 3 HIT should have been faster. The 4th was approaching the right speed. And 20 degrees is fine.

[ladymrina]

my ask of which doctor need to go for check up about this kind of test, suddenly get worried of my condition ?