TY - JOUR
T1 - Waiting for the evidence
T2 - VEMP testing and the ability to differentiate utricular versus saccular function
AU - Welgampola, Miriam S.
AU - Carey, John P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Sponsorships: This research was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health , National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Funding was provided by Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation (to M.S.W.); National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (to M.S.W.); and NIDCD (to J.P.C.).
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - The advent of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (CVEMPs) marked a milestone in clinical vestibular testing because they provided a simple means of assessing human otolith function. The availability of air-conducted (AC) sound and bone-conducted vibration (BCV) to evoke CVEMPs and development of a new technique of recording ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (OVEMPs) have increased the complexity of this simple test, yet extended its diagnostic capabilities. Here we highlight the evidence-based assumptions that guide interpretation of AC sound- and BCV-evoked VEMPs and the gaps in VEMP research thus far.
AB - The advent of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (CVEMPs) marked a milestone in clinical vestibular testing because they provided a simple means of assessing human otolith function. The availability of air-conducted (AC) sound and bone-conducted vibration (BCV) to evoke CVEMPs and development of a new technique of recording ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (OVEMPs) have increased the complexity of this simple test, yet extended its diagnostic capabilities. Here we highlight the evidence-based assumptions that guide interpretation of AC sound- and BCV-evoked VEMPs and the gaps in VEMP research thus far.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.05.024
DO - 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.05.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 20647135
AN - SCOPUS:77955475101
SN - 0194-5998
VL - 143
SP - 281
EP - 283
JO - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 2
ER -