Neurological and optokinetic measures of cerebellar-vestibular (CV) dysfunctioning were shown to be of significant diagnostic value in differentiating between learning disabled subjects and controls matched for chronological age, sex, handedness, IQ, and background (ns = 35). Although traditionally used electronystagmographic positional and caloric parameters were not similarly discriminating, quantitative measures of vertical nystagmus in various eyes-closed positions appeared to have diagnostic potential and were related significantly to such CV-determined neurological signs as positive monopedal Romberg. As a substantial majority of learning disabled (82.9%) evidenced ADD-like symptoms and since learning disabled subsamples with and without Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) shared similar coexisting symptoms and CV signs, it appeared probable that learning disabilities and ADD were reflections of the same underlying CV determinants.
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