Atlas 00 · Welcome
Dynamic Visual Acuity
A teaching atlas of the DVA test — anatomy and physiology of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, bedside and laboratory paradigms, normal findings, and the signatures of vestibular disease.
Start with the Introduction if this is your first visit. Trainees comfortable with the basic VOR can skip to Technique. Clinicians may prefer to land on a disease page directly and use the sidebar to cross-reference.
All content carries three reader levels — Foundation, Trainee, and Clinician — selectable from the sidebar. Every figure prints; every page exports to PDF.
Need the whole atlas as one document? → Print edition (all twelve modules in one file)
Modules
- 01Introduction
- 02Anatomy & Physiology — VOR anatomy and gaze-stabilisation circuits
- 03Technique — Bedside, computerised, gaze-stabilisation, head-thrust paradigms
- 04Normal Findings
- 05Bilateral Vestibulopathy
- 06Vestibular Neuritis
- 07Ménière's Disease
- 08Vestibular Schwannoma
- 09Vestibular Migraine
- 10Central Causes
- 11Presbyvestibulopathy
- 12Ototoxicity
- 13Tools
- 14Self-assessment quiz — 28 questions, three modes (Browse / Spaced / Timed)
- 15Clinical cases — 8 case vignettes with SBA questions and per-option rationale
- 16Comparison tool — Side-by-side DVA signature comparison across 11 presets
- 17Pattern recognition trainer — Random archetype drill with seven-finding checklist and graded feedback
- 18Progress dashboard — All locally-stored progress in one view
- 19Glossary — Canonical terms with definitions, aliases, and chapter back-references
- 20References — PMID and DOI citations used across the atlas
- 21Changelog — Reverse-chronological log of atlas updates