Title of the Event: ECE: Three Day Workshop on " Normative study of Dynamic visual acuity using Balance Eye-DVA”- an activity under MoU with Cyclops MedTech Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru
Date on which the event was conducted: 11 th , 12 th & 13 th Aug 2022
Mode: Offline
Target audience: 2 nd year Students of ECE
Number of participants: 80
Name of the Resource person(s) with Affiliation:
1. Mr. Balavignesh , Specialist in Audio Vestibular medicine at Cyclops Medtech, Bengaluru
2. Mr. Mayur Mallya , Software developer at Cyclops Medtech, Bengaluru
3. Mr. Rijesh Associate Audio Vestibular Specialist at Cyclops Medtech, Bengaluru
Objectives of the workshop:
The Objectives of the workshop are:
Ø To expose the Faculty to Balance Eye DVA Equipment.
Ø To provide an insight into the basic concepts and hands-on experience to use the equipment.
Ø To acquire and analyze the data from volunteer students for the normative study.
PO's & PSO's mapped to: PO6 PSO2
Brief about the proceedings of the event:
The event started at 10:30 AM on 11 th Aug 2022 in HDL lab. Ms. Rupal introduced the resource persons to the gathering. HOD Dr Dayakshini welcomed everyone. Mr. Balavignesh, Specialist in Audio Vestibular medicine at Cyclops Medtech gave a brief on the Workshop. He explained about the dynamic visual acuity why it is required etc. Dynamic Visual Acuity (DVA) is a test to evaluate the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). The function of the VOR is to fixate images of objects in the eyes that we see in the surroundings when we move our heads or when the head moves or when both the head as well as the visual object moves. If the VOR is defective the images are not steadily fixed in the eyes and the subject feels vertiginous. Poor VOR is one of the common reasons for which a patient presents to the doctor with head spinning or imbalance and the VOR needs to be tested in all patients who present to the doctor with vertigo or imbalance. DVA is one of the tests to evaluate the functional status of the VOR. The test is very much like an eye test that the optometrist does to test a patient's vision. There are different letters of the alphabet in different sizes projected in a computer screen and the person is asked to read the letters with the head fixed and while moving the head at a particular speed. The test takes about 10-15 minutes time in cooperative person and is a non-invasive painless test that does not cause any vertiginous sensation to person under test. The goal of the workshop was to collect the normative data from the volunteer students. 80 students participated in the test. The inaugural ended with a vote of thanks by the convener Dr Sandhya Dass. 80 students volunteered for the data acquisition during the 3-day workshop.
