opticokinetic drum test

opticokinetic drum test
optokinetic test, optokinetic drum test (for vision) a rotating drum or other figure is used, painted with vertical black and white stripes; because the eye involuntarily follows such a figure, this can be used in the differential diagnosis of psychogenic blindness, to detect the presence of vision in infants, and to check for normality of opticokinetic nystagmus.

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  • Nystagmus — Horizontal optokinetic nystagmus, a normal (physiological) form of nystagmus ICD 10 H55, H81.4 …   Wikipedia

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