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How to use keyboard shortcuts in VisualEyes™

23 April 2025

10 mins

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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 fvHIT™ 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.

**Figure 1:** White highlighted button on the software.

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.

**Figure 2:** Keyboard marker shown around 10 seconds, as indicated by the green arrow. In this recording, the keyboard marker represents when the goggle cover was taken off and pupils were exposed to room light.

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	VORTEQ™ 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.

**Figure 3:** The left figure shows the exported results for Research Module users for the Dix Hallpike Left test. In this example (right photo), the keyboard marker was used two times during the testing (at approximately 17 and 21 seconds).

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.

Presenter

Dr Liz Fuemmeler

Dr. Liz Fuemmeler is a Clinical Product Manager with Interacoustics and Vestibular Program Director at Professional Hearing Center in Kansas City, MO. She graduated with her doctorate in 2019 from Purdue University and received specialty training in vestibular and balance disorders at Boys Town National Research Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. While at Mayo Clinic, she trained in a concussion evaluation and rehabilitation program, which focused on utilizing vestibular testing to identify the presence and extent of issues following a concussion. Utilizing this training, she established a concussion program at a private practice in Kansas City, MO and participated in interdisciplinary evaluations for the Concussion Management Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She is actively involved in vestibular and concussion research and regularly lectures for local, national, and international conferences. Outside of her role with Interacoustics, she co-hosts a monthly podcast called "A Dose of Dizzy'' that reviews current vestibular protocols and research. She also is the past-president of the Missouri Academy of Audiology and volunteers with the American Academy of Audiology.