Australian-developed video goggles used by patients experiencing vertigo may eventually help diagnose the underlying cause, a study shows.

Worn at home, the goggles record episode-related eye movements to help identify the type of vertigo patients have, according to University of Sydney researchers.

The devices are most effective at recognising vertigo due to Meniere’s disease and provide varied results in identifying two other conditions.

In the proof-of-concept study published in Neurology, 117 patients with a range of diagnosed vertigo conditions who attended a neurology clinic were taught to self-record spontaneous and positional nystagmus at home while symptomatic, using the miniature video oculography goggles.