The method of vestibularly evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) allows a selective assessment of the function of the sacculus on each side. In spite of the fact that normally clicks are employed for the loud sound stimulation, bursts can be used, too.
In this prospective study, both ways of stimulation were compared in a control group of 25 healthy individuals and in a collective of 100 patients.
In nearly all persons of the control group and in two thirds of the patients, the VEMP yield the same results in both ways of stimulation. The responses do neither implicate a superiority of one of the two methods, nor do they give hints at the different diseases of the vestibular system.
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The method of vestibularly evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) allows a selective assessment of the function of the sacculus on each side. In spite of the fact that normally clicks are employed for the loud sound stimulation, bursts can be used, too.
In this prospective study, both ways of stimulation were compared in a control group of 25 healthy individuals and in a collective of 100 patients.
In nearly all persons of the control group and in two thirds of the patients, the VEMP yield th...
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