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Historical Section
Historical SectionOn some bright pages in history of vestibulology of 20th century (historical review, controversial issues) Part iv. Nystagmus and history of its study. From visual assessment to electro- and videonystagmography
A. A. Vavilova (1)
(1) Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia, Saint Petersburg, 194044, Russia
UDK: УДК 616.281:617.761-009.24(091)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2023-6-102-113
ABSTRACT
The article is devoted to the stages of studying nystagmus, the most valuable vestibular reaction in diagnostic terms. It tells about the development of methods for recording nystagmus, from visual assessment to objective methods: electro- and videonystagmography. The importance of excluding gaze fixation when assessing nystagmus is emphasized, which both of these methods provide. The author dwells separately on the works of remarkable scientists, vestibulologists, and researchers of nystagmus – the leader in the 1970s–1990s of the vestibular laboratory at the Leningrad Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose, and Speech, Professor Mikhail Levashov and the long-term head of the laboratory of clinical labyrinthology of the Belarusian Research Institute of Neurology, Professor Abram Sklyut.
Publication date:
25.12.2023
Keywords:
nystagmus, electrooculography, electronystagmography, video-oculography, videonystagmography, history of medicine. For citation:
Vavilova A. A. On some bright pages in history of vestibulology of 20th century (historical review, controversial issues) Part iv. Nystagmus and history of its study. From visual assessment to electro- and videonystagmography. Russian Otorhinolaryngology. 2023;22(6):102-113. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2023-6-102-113