Visual vertigo (VV) refers to dizziness or discomfort provoked by dynamic visual environments and is common after vestibular disorders. The Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale (VVAS) is a nine-item questionnaire developed to assess VV. However, no validated Japanese version has been available....
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
Audiologists and vestibular clinicians seeing Japanese-speaking patients can consider the Japanese Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale a valid and reliable screening tool, consistent with its English-language parent measure.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
Validated cross-cultural vestibular assessment tools are essential for standardised international research and equitable clinical care in non-English-speaking populations.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01The Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale (VVAS) was translated and adapted into Japanese.
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