Affiliations: [a] Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
| [b] Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
| [c] Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Dr. Faten S. Obeidat, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan. E-mail: faten.obeidat@ju.edu.jo.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:
The technique of measuring ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMP) in response to Mini-shaker vibration is relatively new, there is a limited normative data to define the presence or absence of a response in the literature. OBJECTIVE:
To determine the test-retest reliability of cervical and ocular VEMPs (cVEMP and oVEMP, respectively) to air-conducted sound (ACS) and bone-conducted vibration (BCV) stimulation and to determine normative ranges for the responses. METHODS:
Twenty normal-hearing individuals (40 ears) and 20 hearing impaired volunteers with normal balance function (40 ears) were examined in this study. ACS cVEMP and BCV oVEMP (using a Mini-shaker) were recorded from both groups to assess the test-retest reliability and to collect normative VEMP data for P1/N1 latencies and amplitudes from 20 normal hearing individuals. To test reliability, VEMP recordings were repeated within the same session. RESULTS:
The test-retest reliability for all the cVEMP parameters showed excellent reliability whereas oVEMP parameters showed between fair and excellent reliability depending on the parameter tested. Normative data for VEMP P1/N1 latencies and amplitudes were established. CONCLUSIONS:
Normative data and test-retest reliability for BCV oVEMP using the Mini-shaker at 100 Hz were established in our study for the first time in the literature. Responses appear reliable.
