Oculomotor and Caloric Test Findings in 122 Patients With Unilateral Vestibular Schwannoma
Suman Narayana Swamy, Pradeep Yuvaraj, Rao M Pradyumna, Nupur Pruthi, Prabhuraj AR, Kandavel Thennarasu, Ponnusamy N, Aravind Kumar Rajasekaran · 2026
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Suman Narayana Swamy and co-authors present a 2026 study of balance and eye movement tests in 122 patients with a benign tumour on the hearing nerve. A vestibular schwannoma grows on the eighth cranial nerve, disturbing both the inner ear's balance signals and the brain pathways that steady the eyes. Two classic tests probe each route separately.
Sixty patients had right-sided tumours and sixty-two left-sided, with 120 matched healthy controls. All underwent caloric testing, which challenges the balance reflex with warm and cool stimulation, plus a battery of eye movement tasks. Comparing results maps how often each pathway is hit, helping clinicians read the tumour's effects beyond hearing loss alone.
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| CREATOR | Suman Narayana Swamy, Pradeep Yuvaraj, Rao M Pradyumna, Nupur Pruthi, Prabhuraj AR, Kandavel Thennarasu, Ponnusamy N, Aravind Kumar Rajasekaran |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |