Optimization of Cervical and Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing Using an Impulse Hammer in Adults, Adolescents, and Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (c- and oVEMP) responses using an impulse hammer (IH) in adults and pediatrics at standardized force levels and evaluate: the relationship of force level on VEMP amplitude, sternocleidomastoid (SCM) contraction on cVEMP amplitude, required number of tap stimuli, and subject comfort. Using these data, optimal testing parameters were selected.

Study design

Prospective study.

Setting

Tertiary referral center.

Patients

Seventy-eight healthy adults, adolescents, and children with no hearing or vestibular deficits.

Interventions

All subjects received c- and oVEMP testing using IH and 500 Hz tone burst air conduction stimuli. Adults received hard, medium, and soft force levels. A

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311239 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature