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Tone-induced cervical and ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials: comparing abnormalities in traumatic and non-traumatic vestibular disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2018

N S Longridge  and
A I Mallinson
N S Longridge
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Neuro-otology Unit, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada
A I Mallinson*
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Neuro-otology Unit, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada
*
Author for correspondence: Dr A I Mallinson, Neuro-otology Unit, 4th Floor, Diamond Centre, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver V5Z 3K3, Canada. E-mail: art@mallinson.ca Fax: +1 604 875 4526
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Abstract

Background

Otolithic function is poorly understood, but vestibular-evoked myogenic potential testing has allowed the documentation of pathology in patients who complain of imbalance.

Methods

Seventy-four patients with traumatic and non-traumatic vestibular disease were sequentially assessed at a tertiary referral neuro-otology unit in a teaching hospital. A detailed history of all patients was taken and standard vestibular assessment was conducted using the technique described in the companion paper. The results of both groups of patients were analysed and the rate of abnormalities was assessed.

Results

There was a high rate of abnormalities, including bilateral pathology, in a significant number of patients. Many patients in both groups inexplicably failed to recover.

Conclusion

Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials are helpful in documenting pathology, including bilateral pathology, which is outlined in the literature as being exceedingly difficult to compensate for.

Keywords

Whiplash InjuriesVestibular DiseasesVestibular Evoked Myogenic PotentialsOtolithsDeceleration
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 132 , Issue 10 , October 2018 , pp. 906 - 910
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited, 2018 

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Footnotes

Dr A I Mallinson takes responsibility for the integrity of the content of the paper

Presented at the XXIXth Meeting of the Barany Society, 5–8 June 2016, Seoul, Korea.

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