Abstract Background Hearing is commonly impaired in Behçet’s disease (BD). Also, vestibular abnormalities as well cochlear function affection have been found. The inflammatory process which leads to BD may be the cause of frequency audiometry those patients. aim this study assess hearing and vestibulo-colic reflex Behçet patients using convential pure-tone (cPTA), high-frequency (HFA), cervical...

OBJECTIVES To show that short tone bursts (STBs) evoke myogenic potentials from the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) that are of vestibular origin. DESIGN Evoked potential activity was recorded from the SCMs of normal volunteers and from patients with vestibulocochlear disorders. SETTING This outpatient study was conducted at the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Jap...

We read with great interest the article of Özgür et al. [1] entitled “Comparison of Tone Burst, Click and Chirp Stimulation in Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing in Healthy People.” This comparative study is indeed relevant in searching for the optimum stimulus for recording the vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP). We agree with the authors that not many studies have utilized ...

it has been shown recently that loud clicks evoke myogenic potentials in the tonically contracting sternocleidomastoid muscles. studies have suggested that these potentials are of vestibular origin, especially of the saccule and inferior vestibular nerve. a pilot study was undertaken in our hospital to record vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (vemp) for the first time in iran. eighteen heal...

background: the incomplete maturation of brain in preterm children results in long-term neurodevelopmental impairment. this study aimed to investigate the static balance function in children with a history of preterm birth. methods: participants were 31 preterm children including 21 moderately preterm (mpt), 10 very preterm (vpt), and 20 term children aged 5.5 and 6.5 years. the cervical vestib...

INTRODUCTION Caffeine can be considered the most consumed drug by adults worldwide, and can be found in several foods, such as chocolate, coffee, tea, soda and others. Overall, caffeine in moderate doses, results in increased physical and intellectual productivity, increases the capacity of concentration and reduces the time of reaction to sensory stimuli. On the other hand, high doses can caus...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to determine the normal values for ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in response to air conducted stimuli in healthy adults. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-six healthy adult participants with no ear complaints were enrolled. Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential tests were performed to all participants. Latency and amplitude values of the waves were re...