fixation suppression

fixation suppression

the reduction in induced or spontaneous nystagmus that occurs with visual fixation.
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fix·a·tion sup·pres·sion

(fik-sā'shŭn sŭ-presh'ŭn)
The reduction in induced or spontaneous nystagmus that occurs with visual fixation.
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Ocular fixation suppression of 0.08-Hz rotation-induced nystagmus was excellent.
Clinical management of a patient with a 12-year history of a balance disorder
Ocular fixation suppression of rotation-induced nystagmus was observed.
ENG, sinusoidal vertical-axis rotation, and otoacoustic emissions testing in a man whose disabling dizziness had culminated in forced retirement
Ocular fixation suppression of caloric-induced nystagmus was present.
Vestibular findings in a 62-year-old woman with dizziness and a type I Chiari malformation
Ocular fixation suppression was present during all responses to both calorie and positional stimuli.
Vestibular findings in a patient presenting with tinnitus
There was ocular fixation suppression of the nystagmus.
Possible central vestibular findings in a patient with a peripheral vestibular disorder
Electronystagmography (ENG) elicited no spontaneous or positional nystagmus; there was ocular fixation suppression of calorically induced nystagmus.
Vestibular findings in a patient with a 1-month history of disequilibrium
Fixation suppression. Fixation suppression was present.
Sinusoidal vertical-axis rotation test in a patient with a long history of dizziness. (Vestibulology Clinic)
Another parameter that is usually examined is the ocular fixation suppression of rotation-induced nystagmus (figure).
The sinusoidal vertical-axis rotation test
Another sinusoidal vertical axis rotation test revealed low gains, normal symmetry and phases, and fixation suppression. She was prescribed Vertigoheel, and her symptoms abated in 3 weeks.
Electronystagmography: A patient with peripheral vestibular disorder and debarkment symptoms
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