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Noriko Nagai1, Yasuo Ogawa, Akira Hagiwara
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tokyo Medical University , Tokyo , Japan.
Conclusion:
Patients with vestibular neuritis (VN) with complete canal paresis (CP) showed a higher rate of abnormal ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP) than those with partial CP. From these results, it is speculated that the superior vestibular nerve function mainly affects oVEMP. Significant correlation was found between the grades of the hearing outcome and oVEMP in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL).
Objective:
We attempted to correlate the results of oVEMP with the results of cervical VEMP (cVEMP), results of subjective visual vertical (SVV), and clinical course in patients with various vestibular disorders.
Methods:
Twenty-two patients with VN, 65 with SSHL, and 22 with Meniere's disease (MD), were enrolled in this study. We compared the results of oVEMP with those of cVEMP, SVV, and the caloric test. Furthermore, the oVEMP results were compared with the initial hearing threshold, presence of vertigo, and hearing recovery in the patients with SSHL.
Results:
The patients with VN with complete CP showed a higher rate of abnormal oVEMP than those with partial CP. In the patients with SSHL, the hearing recovery rate was lower in the patients with abnormal oVEMP than in those with normal oVEMP.
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