6. Make sure the cup is centered over the eye (not angled up or down).
Important
•
DO NOT TOUCH THE BLACK WINDOW
When handling the right-eye cup, do not touch the black window. Oils in the skin reduce the effectiveness of the anti-
fog coating on the window. Fingerprints make it difficult to track the pupil.
7.
Press gently around the edges to make sure that a seal has formed all the way around. Make sure that the cup is light
tight.
7.4.3
Attaching the left-eye patch
1. Remove the plastic backing from the back side of the patch.
2. Ask the patient to close their eye.
3. Position the patch with the wider side toward the nose. Make sure the patch is centered over the eye (not angled up
or down).
4. Press gently around the edges to make sure that a seal has formed all the way around. Make sure that the patch is light
tight.
7.4.4
Verify light tightness
1. Give the patient a couple of minutes for the eyes to adjust.
2. Ask the patient if they can see any visible light. Do NOT have the patient look directly at a light bulb (spot light, halo-
gen, incandescent).
3. With the vision-denied cup and patch attached well, and the patient unable to detect light, proceed with placing the
goggles on the patient.
7.4.5
Goggles placement over the vision-denied solution
Note
•
Before placing the goggles over the vision-denied solution, make sure the goggles have a new unused face cush-
ion.
1. In the OTOsuite Vestibular software, open a test from either the
Oculomotor
or
Positional
test group, or, from the
Videos
test group, open
Video Record/Playback
.
2. Position the goggles on the patient with the cup centered inside the goggles.
3. Tighten the strap so that the goggles stay on the patient during the testing but the goggles do NOT have to be as tight
as needed for head impulse testing.
Note
•
The strap only has to be tight enough for the goggles to stay on during testing (spontaneous nystagmus, gaze,
positional). You do not want to tighten the strap as tight as you would for head impulse testing. A strap that is too
tight pushes the vision-denied solution into the face causing discomfort which makes recording of eye movement
more difficult.
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7 Pre-testing setup