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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Positive head impulse test is suggestive of
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The correct answer is  The HIT test is a bedside technique used to diagnose reduction in vestibular function in one ear versus the other. It describes the result of having an examiner abruptly accelerate and then decelerate the head, moving the head rapidly at high speed and then stopping it. Positive HIT is suggestive of injury to the peripheral vestibular nerve.