Open AccessArticle Commentary: Waiting for the evidence: VEMP testing and the ability to differentiate utricular versus saccular function
Author(s) -
Welgampola Miriam S.,
Carey John P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1097-6817
pISSN - 0194-5998
DOI - 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.05.024
Subject(s) - audiology , vestibular evoked myogenic potential , function (biology) , psychology , medicine , neuroscience , vestibular system , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
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 evidencebased assumptions that guide interpretation of AC sound‐and BCV‐evoked VEMPs and the gaps in VEMP research thus far. © 2010 American Academy of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. All rights reserved.