How to use keyboard shortcuts in VisualEyesTM

VisualEyes has several software functions that are available through a computer keyboard. These allow for the user to access quick buttons for easy navigation of the software.

 

 

Key	Function
ENTER	Presses the white highlighted button
ESC	Quickly cancels the test and erases the data
M	Adds marker during the test
SPACEBAR	"I don't know" response for DVA, GST, and fvHITTM tests

 

ENTER

The VisualEyes software guides you through tests by highlighting the next function you need to proceed in testing. You will see this represented by a highlighted white button. The highlighted white button will change throughout the test sequence. You have the ability to press the enter key on the keyboard to progress through testing.

 

 

ESC

The escape key allows for the user to erase data and restart the test. This is useful for times when the recording has started but the patient wasn't ready for the test or is providing poor, inaccurate data. The clinician can press the escape key (ESC) to erase the data and be ready to restart the test.

 

M key

Some clinicians prefer the ability to mark an external stimulus (such as an auditory masker or goggle cover taken off) on their oculomotor tests to signal why a change in eye movements or pupil diameter may have occurred.

You can use the keyboard letter "m" to place a marker on the eye tracing graph. To add a marker to the tracing, press the "m" key on the keyboard. This will add a black vertical line to the eye tracing graph. You can add as many markers as you want during a recording. This keyboard marker will be present on the eye tracing graph upon reviewing or printing results.

 

 

The keyboard marker function is active in the following VisualEyes tests:

 

Oculomotor assessments	Positional tests	Rotational assessments	Other tests
Spontaneous Nystagmus	Dix-Hallpike	Sinusoidal Harmonic Acceleration	VORTEQTM Active Head Rotation
Gaze	Advanced Dix-Hallpike	Step Velocity	SVV Static
Smooth Pursuit	Positional	Visual VOR	SVV
Self-Paced Saccades	Lateral Head Roll	VOR Suppression	Caloric
Random Saccade			Ocular Counter Roll
Saccadometry
Optokinetic

 

For Research Module users, you have the ability to export the keyboard marker data. A keyboard marker file will be present in every test file and if you have used this function, the time points will be displayed in the Excel document.

 

 

SPACEBAR

For the Dynamic Visual Acuity (DVA), Gaze Stabilization (GST) and Functional Vision Head Impulse (fvHIT) tests, the spacebar allows for the user to enter the "I don't know" response ('?').

 

 

If no response is selected in 5 seconds, the "I don't know" button is automatically selected.

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