The Horizontal Translational VOR
		• Keeps the eyes still when the head moves laterally (for example when you are looking out of the window of the A train and trying to read the name of the station past which you are traveling). • Gain is dependent on viewing distance: during translation a far object moves less on the retina than a near object. • The rotational VOR is not dependent upon viewing distance. • Most head movement evokes a combination of the rotational (canal) and translation (otolith) VOR’s.