The relative effectiveness of different stimulus waveforms in evoking VEMPs: Significance of stimulus energy and frequency

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Rosengren, Sally M ^a   Govender, Sendhil ^a   Colebatch, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Frequency; Sound; VEMP; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72949114626     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/VES-2009-0345     Document Type: Article

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