Article
Diagnostic Value of Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials: A Review of the Evidence
Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics
(2007)
Abstract
Since its initial description by Fitzgerald and Hallpike (1942), the alternating binaural bithermal caloric test has provided clinicians with the means of objectively documenting physiological impairments in innumerable patients with vestibular disease. However, a limitation of conventional caloric testing is that it only evaluates the function of the lateral semicircular canal of the irrigated ear (Schubert & Minor, 2004). The developmentof a readily-available clinical test capable of evaluating otolith function has interested clinicians and researchers for many years. During the past decade, vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) have emerged as a technique that reportedly can evaluate the function of the saccule, one of two otolithic organs within the inner ear.
Disciplines
Publication Date
September, 2007
DOI
10.1044/hhd11.1.23
Publisher Statement
Invited paper.
Citation Information
Shaum P. Bhagat. "Diagnostic Value of Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials: A Review of the Evidence" Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics Vol. 11 (2007) p. 23 - 26 ISSN: 1940-767X Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shaum-bhagat/20/