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Adithya Sreedharan Sanitha1, Sujeet Kumar Sinha2
1Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka.
Purpose:
The study's objective was to evaluate the functioning of sacculocollic and vestibulomasseteric reflex pathways in individuals with vestibular migraine and migraine.
Method:
Seventy-five participants aged 18-50 years were selected for the study. Participants were divided into three groups. Group 1 consisted of 25 healthy individuals, Group 2 consisted of 25 migraine individuals, and Group 3 consisted of 25 individuals with vestibular migraine. Cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) and masseter vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (mVEMP) were recorded using a 500-Hz tone burst stimulus presented at 125 dB peSPL for all participants.
Results:
The cVEMP test results showed a delayed p13 and n23 latency for both migraine and vestibular migraine individuals when compared to healthy individuals. Also, the amplitude of the p13-n23 peak was reduced compared to healthy individuals in both migraine and vestibular migraine. Similarly, the mVEMP test results showed a delayed p11 and n21 latency for both migraine and vestibular migraine individuals. No difference was observed in the amplitude of the p11-n21 peak complex between the three groups. Spearman's rho correlation revealed no significant (p > .05) correlation between cervical and masseter VEMP latency and amplitude parameters between healthy, migraine, and vestibular migraine individuals.
Conclusions:
The results of the study are suggestive of the pathology of the sacullocollic and vestibulomasseteric reflex pathways in individuals with migraine and vestibular migraine. Individuals with migraine and vestibular migraine should undergo a detailed vestibular evaluation.
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