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lesion Noun 1. any structural change in an organ or tissue resulting from injury or disease 2. an injury or wound [Late Latin laesio injury]
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Typically, a person with a unilateral loss of peripheral vestibular function will manifest a horizontal HSN, with the quick phases of the nystagmus directed toward the healthy ear and the slow phases directed toward the lesioned ear. The North Carolina study (5) attempted to use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) symptom-based case definition (6) to assess PEAS at remote times of fish kill or lesioned fish contact, times at which VCS data were unavailable (5). One theory is that such use activates the lesioned hemisphere and thus improves attentional control toward contralesional space. |
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