VNG says problem may be peripheral or central. Well, duh.

[essdipity]

Clears that up, doesn't it?

I had the VNG because I'm now on my third bout of vertigo, the boat-rocking kind. I have the test results, and naturally don't understand the technical parts, but it's clear that on most aspects of the test I scored normally. One, however, was clearly abnormal. When they induced nystagmus with my head in 2 left positions, bingo.

The audiologist's summary and impressions are:

Abnormal VNG evaluation

Direction fixed-left beating positional nystagmus without vision in at least 2 or more head and/or body positions is consistent with a vestibular dysfunction of either peripheral or central origin. Since nystagmus disappeared in the vision enabled conditions this finding is more suggestive of a peripheral origin.

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I spoke to my ENT about the report, and he asked me quite a few questions about my brain MRIs. He said I need to bring the finding to the attention of my neuro, as he's thinking it may well be central.

Well, of course I will. But I thought the test's whole purpose is to distinguish betw. central and peripheral problems(?) Still, I suppose one outcome might have been totally normal, and then where would I be? That reminds me of limboland all over again, where one knows perfectly well that something's wrong yet tests don't show it. At least they agree something's wrong!

Now I'll get back to my vertigo, which doesn't care what's causing it.   :-)

That is, after I get my tax stuff done! Busy busy here.

ess

[Lulu54]

Ess,
Keep all this information close, ok?  I have my vestibular rehabilitation evaluation on Monday - everyone tells me to be prepared to feel very bad from it all :-)


I get dizzy just thinking of the word dizzy ----
Lulu

[Nancy T]

Hi ess. Dizzinews is a mailing list, so it's different from a bulletin-board-type forum like this one. You send an e-mail and it goes to all subscribers; your address is not "posted" anywhere or available except to other list members (subscribers). You could use a different e-mail account than your regular one, if you wish. I've been on the list since 1999 and have never had any problems from it whatsoever. You could contact the listowner, Jeff (his e-mail address is on the main site), and ask him anything about security, etc.

I don't know how many subscribers Dizzinews has at this point, but I thought it was around 200 at one point. Could be considerably more or less. I would think less, now that there are so many other forums on the Net.

Actually, I just searched around a bit and found another forum called Dizzy Times that Tom posts on--not sure if I'm supposed to post a link? I'll send you a PM with it.

Nancy

[essdipity]

Thanks for your comments and interest.

Nancy, I went to Dizzinews and had a quick gander. I'm concerned, though, that a requirement seems to be that a valid return email address be posted along with question, and that this will be either sent in email or shown on screen to all who visit. In this day and age of identity theft, viruses, et al, I'm gunshy about that, to say the least.
Do I have this wrong?

Many thanx,
ess

[sllowe]

Essy - Dbling your DUH, niiiice.  Surely, someone needs to determine where this is coming from.

I'd be interested to hear what this Tom has to say too.  Thanks for that tip Nancy, maybe we can add that link to the HP Lu put together of favorites.

[Nancy T]

Gotta love those ambiguous results.

If you want some expert input on the results, get on the Dizzinews (note spelling) mailing list (you can find it by googling) and post the results and ask any questions there--put "Tom" in the subject line, as Tom Boismier is the resident expert on testing. He runs a balance-testing center in Indiana and is GREAT (and usually fast) at answering questions about what ENG/VNG and other vestibular tests do and don't mean.

Nancy

[Fluffysmom]

Thanks for sharing your results, such as they are.  I guess you're right, being somewhat abnormal is at least better than having normal results that don't show anything about your rocking boat!  

I was hoping the test could show clearly whether it was central or peripheral.  

When will you discuss this with your neuro?

Good luck with your tax stuff.

Kathy