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Comment
. 2010 Aug;143(2):281-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.05.024.

Waiting for the evidence: VEMP testing and the ability to differentiate utricular versus saccular function

Miriam S Welgampola  1 , John P Carey
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Waiting for the evidence: VEMP testing and the ability to differentiate utricular versus saccular function

Miriam S Welgampola et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

The advent of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (CVEMPs) marked a milestone in clinical vestibular testing because they provided a simple means of assessing human otolith function. The availability of air-conducted (AC) sound and bone-conducted vibration (BCV) to evoke CVEMPs and development of a new technique of recording ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (OVEMPs) have increased the complexity of this simple test, yet extended its diagnostic capabilities. Here we highlight the evidence-based assumptions that guide interpretation of AC sound- and BCV-evoked VEMPs and the gaps in VEMP research thus far.

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