Criteria for Malingering in Patient with Work-Related Vestibular Injury

• perform much better if they think no one is watching (or much worse if they do)?

• perform markedly below normal on the easiest tests?

• do relatively better on more difficult tests than on easier tests for someone with a vestibular disorder?

• show a circular sway without falling?

• show a high internal variability in all Sensory Organization Test (SOT) trials?

• repeatedly show a suspiciously consistent sway pattern in all of the SOT trials?

• show exaggerated responses in the Motor Control Test (MCT)?

• show inconsistent responses in the MCT?

Do you have a 'gut feeling' that the person is malingering?