Ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials produced by air- and bone-conducted stimuli: Comparative properties and effects of age

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2282-2289

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; OVEMP; Sound; VEMP; Vestibular; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CERVICAL VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AIR; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053209809     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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