ABA ABA Vestibular & Balance Assessment

Question 1

Which test is considered the gold standard for evaluating semicircular canal function in vestibular assessment?

Accepted Answer

Caloric irrigation testing

Answer

Dix-Hallpike maneuver

Answer

Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT)

Answer

Rotary chair testing

Question 2

The Dix-Hallpike maneuver is the primary diagnostic test for which vestibular disorder?

Accepted Answer

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

Answer

Meniere's disease

Answer

Vestibular neuritis

Answer

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence

Question 3

What does a canal paresis value greater than 25% indicate on caloric testing?

Accepted Answer

Unilateral vestibular weakness

Answer

Bilateral vestibular hypofunction

Answer

Directional preponderance

Answer

Central vestibular lesion

Question 4

Which nystagmus characteristic most strongly suggests a central rather than peripheral vestibular lesion?

Accepted Answer

Direction-changing gaze-evoked nystagmus

Answer

Direction-fixed nystagmus

Answer

Nystagmus suppressed by visual fixation

Answer

Unidirectional horizontal nystagmus

Question 5

The video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) assesses function of which reflex?

Accepted Answer

Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)

Answer

Cervico-ocular reflex

Answer

Optokinetic reflex

Answer

Tonic vibration reflex

Question 6

During VEMP (Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential) testing, cervical VEMP (cVEMP) primarily assesses which end organ?

Accepted Answer

Saccule

Answer

Utricle

Answer

Posterior semicircular canal

Answer

Horizontal semicircular canal