Vestibular hypersensitivity to sound in superior canal dehiscence: Large evoked responses in the legs produce little postural sway

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1674-1682

  Rosengren, S M ^a   Halmagyi, G M ^b   Colebatch, J G ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Superior canal dehiscence; Sway; Tullio phenomenon; VEMP; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BONE DEFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR CANAL DEHISCENCE; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULOCOLLIC RESPONSE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VESTIBULOSPINAL REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EAR CANAL; EAR DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REFLEX; SOUND; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 44949211187     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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