Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Vestibular Neuritis | ||
International Journal of Medical Arts | ||
Article 6, Volume 4, Issue 7, July 2022, Pages 2507-2513 PDF (856.54 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/ijma.2022.146536.1475 | ||
Authors | ||
Hoda Ahmed Abdelaziz; Shaimaa E. Kabil* ; Mohamed Abdel-Latif Elgohary | ||
Department of E.N.T [Audio-Vestibular Unit], Faculty of Medicine [for girls], Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
Abstract | ||
Background and Aim: Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials [VEMP] are electromyographic responses to acoustic stimuli to assess the otolith function and integrity of inferior vestibular nerve. It is an easy test to perform and non-invasive. This study was designed to study and compare AC and BC cVEMPs in patients with vestibular neuritis. Patients and methods: This observational case control study was conducted on 40 subjects in the age range of 20-60 years selected from Audio vestibular clinic of Al Zahraa university hospital. Twenty patients diagnosed with Vestibular neuritis according to a standard clinical criterion, and the other twenty subjects were normal healthy subjects with no complaint of dizziness or history of vestibular disorders Results: In this work, about 25% of study group had abnormal AC cVEMPs while 35.0% had abnormal BC cVEMPs. Conclusion: Both AC and BC evoked cVEMPs should be considered as complementary test along with other conventional vestibular function tests in patients with vestibular neuritis. | ||
Keywords | ||
AC cVEMPs; BC cVEMP; Saccular function testing; Dizzy patients | ||
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