Bone-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in patients with congenital atresia of the external auditory canal |
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Authors: | Sheykholeslami K Habiby Kermany M Kaga K |
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Institution: | Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. kianoush@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether vestibular evoked myogenic potentials from the sternocleidomastoid muscle in response to bone-conducted clicks and short tone-bursts can be used to assess vestibular apparatus function in patients with conductive hearing problems, particularly bilateral external auditory canal atresia. DESIGN: Evoked-potential responses to bone-conducted auditory stimuli were recorded from the sternocleidomastoid muscle of 15 patients (11 male and four female, aged 4--20 years) with congenital bilateral atresia of the external auditory canal, with or without the middle ear anomalies. SETTING: This study was conducted in the outpatient clinic of the Tokyo University Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tokyo. INTERVENTION: Diagnostic. OUTCOME MEASURES: Bone-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in response to clicks and short tone-bursts were recorded with surface electrodes over both sternocleidomastoids in each patient. RESULTS: In all patients, bone-conducted clicks and short tone-bursts evoked larger biphasic responses from the sternocleidomastoid ipsilateral to the stimulated ear. Short tone-bursts evoked vestibular evoked myogenic potentials with higher amplitude and better waveform morphology than clicks at the same subjective intensity. CONCLUSION: Loud auditory stimuli delivered by bone conduction can evoke myogenic potentials from the sternocleidomastoid. This method is a noninvasive, rapid, and convenient test for investigating the vestibular system function in patients with bilateral external auditory canal atresia, with or without the middle ear anomalies. |
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