February 2015

Using a new technology which tracks eye movements of patients viewing music videos just under four minutes, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have developed a new way to assess the location and impact of a brain injury.

Evaluating whether a person has suffered a concussion is not an exact science. Although there are clues related to abnormalities in balance and potential findings from a basic neurologic examination, detecting a concussion is often based on a patient’s subjective findings such as the presence of nausea, headaches, feelings of cloudiness, along with dizziness.