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Hi Sarah

Yep still at 100%!!

Well let see---it(medical research) says:

" The caloric test is a part of the ENG. It reflects an attempt to discover the degree to which the vestibular system is responsive and also how symmetric the responses are, between left and right. It is a test of the lateral semicircular canals alone -- it does not assess vertical canal function or otolithic function. While not as good as we would like, the caloric test is the best that we have."


..."Could this indicate that I am indeed compensating?".....

That is what the Doc's said in my case.......

..."What if my normal is 1% or 0??? "......

And it also says:

"a perfectly symmetrical recording of very strong responses would work out to a TR of 0. (TR= Total Response)"

So I would guess that might be the case theoretically---but prob not at the practical level---think just about everyone favors one side or the other slightly.

But---its the way you feel---that is important---things---are getting better--when I think back to when I was at the six month point---think I felt about the way you indicate---you do---but---guess what---you do get better--does take time---not sure what more you can do---your getting the necessary testing done---and--seeing the Doc's---unfortunately---for this---it seems like---time is what does it---it must be---nerves---healing--and regrowing---that takes time---and as they heal and regrow---an almost continuous--compensation process--must taking place---as things change(for the better)---for me---I'm convinced---it was that the nerves regrowing & healing---ever so slowly--but in most cases they do--come back!