aVOR app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 5424 ratings )

Education Medical
Developer: Liberty IT

Free

Current version: 2.3, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 05 Feb 2012
App size: 4.25 Mb

A teaching, training and test tool for the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) system and its disorders, including BPPV. It demonstrates eye saccades, including those caused by canalithiasis (free-floating particles in the canals), and both functioning and dysfunctional VOR. It shows how BPPV is caused and treated.

aVOR demonstrates how head movement has an automatic influence on eye direction, the impact of dysfunction of the semicircular canals, their size, shape and location in the head, and the causes of nystagmus.

The application includes a Quiz Mode which presents the symptoms of various types of VOR dysfunction for the student to diagnose.

It is designed for college-level neuropsychology students and medical professionals, and incorporates the latest research. aVOR is sponsored by the University of Sydney, Australia.

For more details please see the University of Sydney Human Factors Research page at http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/HumanFactors/?page_id=2160

Pros and cons of aVOR app for iPhone and iPad

aVOR app good for

Also thanks to this App. Always helps me visualize the pathology. Could even use it to explain the problem to the patient.

Great app for Occupational therapists working in Sensory Integration. Great tool to use with parents and teachers when explaining ocular motor control as well as how to stimulate the vestibular system!

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This app is a terrific teaching aid. I have been recommending it to anyone who studies vestibular physiology, however, I think it is well-suited for any medical student, resident, or clinician who sees patients with vestibular conditions. Well done!

Fantastic teaching tool! Ive been looking for such a tool, look forward to providing additional thoughts as I play with this tool. Great potential for research.

My wife and I are PTs and we absolutely love this app for explaining to patients how the vestibular system functions. We would love to see an update.

Very educational tool for patient education for vestibular rehab spanning different age ranges!

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