Cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in individuals with severe to profound hearing loss

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See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate . net / publication / 259531744 CERVICAL EVOKED INDIVIDUALS HEARING DATASET READS 117 3 , INCLUDING : Shalini All 2 SEE Sujeet All 28 SEE Available : Sujeet Retrieved : 20AbstractBackground:Vestibularevokedmyogenicpotential(VEMP)isatesttoassessthefunctioningofotolithorgansoftheinnerear.CervicalVEMPs(cVEMPs)assessthesacculeandtheinferiorvestibularnerve,whereasocularVEMPs(oVEMPs)as-sesstheutricleandsuperiorvestibularnerve.Inindividualswithsensorineuralhearingloss,disturbancesofcochlearfunc-tioncouldaccompanyvestibularimpairmentsinceboththesepartsoftheinnerearareanatomicallyrelated.TheaimofthepresentstudywastofindouttheprevalenceofcVEMPsandoVEMPsinindividualswithcongenitalseveretoprofoundsen-sorineuralhearingloss.Materialandmethods:Therewere46participantsinthepresentstudy:23withnormalhearingand23withbilateralseveretoprofoundhearingloss,andcVEMPsandoVEMPswererecordedfromallofthem.