Saccadic eye movements (SEMs) are rapid, precise movements that reorient the visual fovea toward an object of interest. In clinical practice, assessing SEMs can help in differentiating and monitoring various neurologic, otoneurologic, and psychiatric conditions....
These normative saccadometry values for adolescents fill a reference gap, but clinical adoption depends on availability of the specific test equipment; audiologists performing neuro-vestibular assessments in teens may find this useful.
Age-appropriate normative data for saccadic eye movements in adolescents are scarce, and this dataset supports more accurate diagnosis of neurological and vestibular conditions in a younger population.
- 01Normative prosaccade and antisaccade values established for adolescents using a new saccadometry test.
- 02Prosaccades measure reflexive eye movements toward a target; antisaccades measure voluntary suppression of that reflex.
- 03Data fill a reference gap, as adult norms cannot be reliably applied to adolescent populations.
- 04New saccadometry tool may improve clinical detection of neurological or vestibular dysfunction in teens.
- 05Study is normative in design; clinical validation against pathological populations is still needed.
The new saccadometry test provides reliable normative values for prosaccade and antisaccade movements in adolescents.
studysupported- PMID
- 42403969
- DOI
- 10.3766/jaaa.250046.
- Journal
- Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Healthy adolescents
- Intervention
- Saccadometry test measuring prosaccade and antisaccade eye movements
Primary outcomes
Normative prosaccade latency and accuracy values; Normative antisaccade latency and error rate values