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And to examine whether different VR protocols have the same effectiveness with regard to the aVOR recovery. METHODS: The aVOR gain and the percentage of compensatory saccades were recorded in 81 UVH patients with the passive head impulse test before and after early VR (first two weeks after vertigo onset: N\u200a=\u200a43) or late VR (third to sixth week after onset: N\u200a=\u200a38) performed twice a week for four weeks. VR was performed either with the unidirectional rotation paradigm or gaze stability exercises. Supplementary outcomes were the dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) score, and the static and dynamic subjective visual vertical. RESULTS: The cluster analysis differentiated two distinct populations of UVH patients with pre-rehab aVOR gain values on the hypofunction side below 0.20 (N\u200a=\u200a42) or above 0.20 (N\u200a=\u200a39). The mean gain values were respectively 0.07\u00b10.05 and 0.34\u00b10.12 for the lateral canal (p\u200a&lt;\u200a0.0001), 0.09\u00b10.06 and 0.44\u00b10.19 for the anterior canal (p\u200a&lt;\u200a0.0001). Patients with aVOR gains above 0.20 and early rehab fully recovered dynamic horizontal canal function (0.84\u00b10.14) and showed very few compensatory saccades (18.7% \u00b120.1%) while those with gains below 0.20 and late rehab did not improve their aVOR gain value (0.16\u00b10.09) and showed compensatory saccades only (82.9% \u00b123.7%). Similar results were found for the anterior canal function. Recovery of the dynamic function of the lateral canal was found with both VR protocols while it was observed with the gaze stability exercises only for the anterior canal. All the patients reduced their DHI score, normalized their static SVV, and exhibited uncompensated dynamic SVV. 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