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#490177

Hi there!

Impaired use of visual cues for balance indicates difficulty utilizing visual information whereas visual dependence indicates difficulty using anything except visual information.

This patient maintains his balance whenever his eyes are open (suggesting he does not have difficulty using visual cues) and loses his balance whenever his eyes are closed.

Taken together, this points to the patient being overly dependent on visual cues to the point that he loses his balance whenever he is forced to rely on somatosensory and/or vestibular cues.

Chrissy