@article{ref1,
title="On-road assessment of driving performance in bilateral vestibular-deficient patients",
journal="Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences",
year="2009",
author="Macdougall, Hamish G. and Moore, Steven T. and Black, Ross A. and Jolly, Neryla and Curthoys, Ian S.",
volume="1164",
number="",
pages="413-418",
abstract="This study measured on-road driving behavior in subjects with bilateral vestibular loss (BVL). Data included point-of-regard (what the driver is looking at and attending to), gaze stability (the performance of the vestibulo-ocular reflex), and head movement, during complex maneuvers such as changing lanes, cornering, pulling into traffic, and parking. Subjective and objective measures showed few differences between BVL subjects and age-matched controls, and that it is possible to drive well with little or no peripheral vestibular function. This has important implications for driver licensing, road-safety policy, and for the potential successful rehabilitation of vestibular patients. Patients with unilateral vestibular dysfunction may have more difficulty driving than their bilateral counterparts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0077-8923",
doi="10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03733.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03733.x"
}