09-12, 10:45–11:15 (Europe/Istanbul), Equilibirium 3 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/16)
The hyperventilation test is commonly used in the vestibular bedside examination. It can identify latent vestibular asymmetry that causes nystagmus, which may occur either towards the healthy side (paretic nystagmus) or towards the affected side (irritative nystagmus). During the early stage of acute unilateral vestibulopathy, hyperventilation-induced nystagmus is observed in many cases, manifesting as either paretic (which reinforces spontaneous nystagmus) or irritative (which inhibits or reverses spontaneous nystagmus). The differences between the paretic and irritative patterns can help differentiate between whether the acute damage has a neuritic or vascular origin.
Raising awareness about the hyperventilation test in otoneurology, including instructions on how to perform it correctly and its diagnostic significance in the early stages of acute unilateral vestibulopathy.
Medical Doctor, Specialist in ENT, Specialist in Medical Audiology, Chief of Audiology Department, San Pio Hospital Benevento, Italy
He became ENT specialist in 1991. He did research fellowship at the University of Minnesota Otopathology Lab by Professor M.M. Paparella (1993-1994), attended Audiologic Medicine MSc Program at the University College London (1996-1998). He has been working as academician for the last 20 years, of which period last 15 years at the Kütahya Health Sciences University, where he served as the head of the ENT Department for 13 years (currently), member and head of the Clinical Studies Ethics Committee (2016-2022) and Inter-university Board Member (2019-2022). Currently he is the (founding) chairman of the Midwest Anatolia (Zafer Region) Regional ORL-HNS Association. He is European and Turkish ORL-HNS Board certified and member of the International Hearing Foundation and Turkish Society of Otology and Neurotology.