Ocular versus cervical VEMPs in the diagnosis of superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-126

  Zuniga, M Geraldine ^a   Janky, Kristen L ^b   Nguyen, Kimanh D ^c   Welgampola, Miriam S ^d   Carey, John P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential; Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential; Superior canal dehiscence; Tone bursts; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EAR DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EAR DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 84871969123     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31827136b0     Document Type: Article

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