Incapacitating hypersensitivity to one's own body sounds due to a dehiscence of bone overlying the superior semicircular canal. A case report

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Schmuziger, Nicolas ^a,b   Allum, John ^a   Buitrago Téllez, Carlos ^a   Probst, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balance control; Bone conduction thresholds; Dehiscence; Superior semicircular canal dehiscence; VEMP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; HEARING DISORDER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

BONE CONDUCTION; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 29344470861     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-005-0939-9     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Akin FW, Murnane OD, Proffitt TM (2003) The effects of click and tone-burst stimulus parameters on the vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP). J Am Acad Audiol 14:500-509
2. Allum JH, Adkin AL (2003) Improvements in trunk sway observed for stance and gait tasks during recovery from an acute unilateral peripheral vestibular deficit. Audiol Neurootol 8:286-302
3. Brantberg K, Bergenius J, Mendel L, Witt H, Tribukait A, Ygge J (2001) Symptoms, findings and treatment in patients with dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal. Acta Otolaryngol 121:68-75
4. Carey JP, Minor LB, Nager GT (2000) Dehiscence or thinning of bone overlying the superior semicircular canal in a temporal bone survey. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 126:137-147
5. Cheng PW, Murofushi T (2001) The effects of plateau time on vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials triggered by tone bursts. Acta Otolaryngol 121:935-938
6. Cremer PD, Minor LB, Carey JP, Della Santina CC (2000) Eye movements in patients with superior canal dehiscence syndrome align with the abnormal canal. Neurology 55:1833-1841
7. Freeman S, Sichel JY, Sohmer H (2000) Bone conduction experiments in animals - evidence for a non-osseous mechanism. Hear Res 146:72-80
8. Gill J, Allum JH, Carpenter MG, Held-Ziolkowska M, Ho negger F, Pierchala K (2001) Trunk sway measures of postural stability during clinical balance tests: Effects of age. J Gerontol 56:438-447
9. Halmagyi GM, Aw ST, McGarvie LA, Todd MJ, Bradshaw A, Yavor RA, Fagan PA (2003) Superior semicircular canal dehiscence simulating otosclerosis. J Laryngol Otol 117:553-557
10. Howard JD, Elster AD, May JS (1990) Temporal bone: three-dimensional CT. Part II. Pathologic alterations. Radiology 177:427-430
11. Mikulec AA, McKenna MJ, Ramsey MJ, Rosowski JJ, Herrmann BS, Rauch SD, Curtin HD, Merchant SN (2004) Superior semicircular canal dehiscence presenting as conductive hearing loss without vertigo. Otol Neurotol 25:121-129
12. Minor LB, Solomon D, Zinreich JS, Zee DS (1998) Sound-and/or pressure-induced vertigo due to bone dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 124:249-258
13. Minor LB (2000) Superior canal dehiscence syndrome. Am J Otol 21:9-19
14. Minor LB, Carey JP, Cremer PD, Lustig LR, Streubel SO, Ruckenstein MJ (2003) Dehiscence of bone overlying the superior canal as a cause of apparent conductive hearing loss. Otol Neurotol 24:270-278
15. Reisser C, Schubert O, Forsting M, Sartor K (1996) Anatomy of the temporal bone: detailed three-dimensional display based on image data from high-resolution helical CT: a preliminary report. Am J Otol 17:473-479
16. Sheykholeslami K, Schmerber S, Habiby Kermany M, Kaga K (2004) Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in three patients with large vestibular aqueduct. Hear Res 190:161-168
17. Sohmer H, Freeman S, Geal-Dor M, Adelman C, Savion I (2000) Bone conduction experiments in humans - a fluid pathway from bone to ear. Hear Res 146:81-88
18. Sohmer H, Freeman S, Perez R (2004) Semicircular canal fenestration - improvement of bone- but not air-conducted auditory thresholds. Hear Res 187:105-110
19. Streubel SO, Cremer PD, Carey JP, Weg N, Minor LB (2001) Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in the diagnosis of superior canal dehiscence syndrome. Acta Otolaryngol [Suppl] 545:41-49
20. Watson SR, Halmagyi GM, Colebatch JG (2000) Vestibular hypersensitivity to sound (Tullio phenomenon): structural and functional assessment. Neurology 54:722-728