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nystagmus

Rapid, rhythmic oscillation of the eyes; movements may be vertical, horizontal or rotary. It may occur with poor vision or it may be due to a disorder in the brain.



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ENG testing included calibration, identification of spontaneous nystagmus and gaze nystagmus, positional tests, Dix-Hallpike maneuvers (unless contraindicated because of neck pathology), sinusoidal tracking, optokinetic testing and, in selected patients, alternate binaural bithermal caloric testing (right warm [RW]; right cool [RC]; left warm [LW]; left cool [LC]).
There was a mild lateral gaze nystagmus on far excursion bilaterally.
HawkEye is especially relevant in refining officers' identification of Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus ('HGN'), certainly the most sensitive and evidentiary component of the Standardized Field Sobriety Test.
 
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