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Impact of subject’s position and acoustic stimulus type on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) in normal subjects

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Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) are currently considered a diagnostic tool for studying the vestibular system, specifically the saccule and inferior vestibular nerve. This prospective study aimed at evaluating the impact of patient position and type of acoustic stimulus on VEMPs results using 60 healthy subjects who underwent otoscopy, pure tone audiometry and VEMPs in different conditions affecting their position and the type of acoustic stimulus. Corrected amplitude is significantly greater when the patient is seated and latency difference and amplitude asymmetry do not change with either patient position or type of stimulus. The results obtained in different test conditions are not comparable. Being seated is the most appropriate position for the test.

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  1. Division of Neurotology, Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Complejo Hospitario Universitario de Santiago, Travesía da Choupana, s/n, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Isabel Vaamonde Sánchez-Andrade, Andrés Soto-Varela & Sofía Santos-Pérez

  2. Department of Dermatology and Otorhinolaryngology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Andrés Soto-Varela & Sofía Santos-Pérez

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Torcuato Labella Caballero

  4. Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Pilar Gayoso Diz

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Sánchez-Andrade, I.V., Soto-Varela, A., Labella Caballero, T. et al. Impact of subject’s position and acoustic stimulus type on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) in normal subjects. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 271, 2359–2364 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2791-7

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