TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical neurophysiology of the vestibular system, 3rd edition JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 694 LP - 694 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.74.5.694 VL - 74 IS - 5 AU - G M Halmagyi Y1 - 2003/05/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/74/5/694.1.abstract N2 - The first edition of Clinical neurophysiology of the vestibular system, published in 1979, had a significance beyond its content: it affirmed that neurology had a stake in the vestibular system. Here was a neurologist (Baloh) writing with an otolaryngologist (Honrubia) about semicircular canals, endolymph, audiograms, and above all the vestibulo-ocular reflex—the “VOR”. The VOR is no ordinary reflex; one can measure accurately both its input and its output and come up with a transfer function for gain—a new concept then for neurology. We have learnt a lot more about measurement of vestibular … ER -