Tuning of the ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP) to air- and bone-conducted sound stimulation in superior canal dehiscence

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-64

  Zhang, Alexander S ^a   Govender, Sendhil ^a,b   Colebatch, James G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

oVEMP; SCD; Superior canal dehiscence; Tuning; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; OCULAR VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SUPERIOR CANAL DEHISCENCE; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; BONE CONDUCTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867627998     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3240-3     Document Type: Article

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