Laterality of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials |
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Authors: | Murofushi Toshihisa Ochiai Atsushi Ozeki Hidenori Iwasaki Shinichi |
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Institution: | Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. toshi-tky@umin.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | To clarify the laterality of acoustically evoked vestibulocollic reflexes with a short latency (vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, VEMPs). responses on the bilateral sternocleidomastoid muscles (SCMs) to unilateral acoustic stimulation were studied. Twenty-one healthy volunteers were enrolled. Surface electrodes were placed on the upper half of each SCM (active) and on the lateral end of the upper sternum (reference). Clicks and 500-Hz tone-bursts (95dB nHL) were used. All subjects showed positive-negative biphasic responses on the ipsilateral SCM by clicks and tone-bursts. Click-stimulation of 41 of the 42 ears did not evoke any response on the contralateral SCM. However, in one ear, positive-negative biphasic responses were evoked on the contralateral SCM. Recordings on the contralateral SCM by tone-bursts showed no response in 32 ears, small positive-negative biphasic responses in four ears, and small negative-positive biphasic responses in six ears. These findings show that VEMPs are ipsilateral-dominant, basically consistent with the hypothesis that they are of saccular origin. |
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