TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of repetition rate on air-conducted ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs)
AU - Bogle, Jamie M.
AU - Zapala, David A.
AU - Burkhardt, Brittany
AU - Walker, Kurt
AU - Lundy, Larry
AU - Shelfer, Janet
AU - Pratt, Terri
AU - Garry, Millicent
AU - Walker, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
PY - 2015/9
Y1 - 2015/9
N2 - Purpose: Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) are used to describe utricular/superior vestibular nerve function; however, optimal recording parameters have not been fully established. This study investigated the effect of repetition rate on air-conducted oVEMPs. Method: Ten healthy adults were evaluated using 500-Hz tone bursts (4-ms duration, Blackman gating, 122 dB pSPL). Four repetition rates were used (1.6, 4.8, 8.3, and 26.6 Hz) and resulting oVEMP response presence, amplitude, amplitude asymmetry, and n1/p1 latency were assessed. Results: Response presence was significantly reduced for 26.6 Hz using monaural stimulation and for 8.3 Hz and 26.6 Hz for binaural stimulation. For monaural stimulation using 1.6, 4.8, and 8.3 Hz, no significant differences were noted for amplitude or latency. Responses obtained using binaural stimulation demonstrated a significant effect of rate on amplitude, with 8.3 Hz producing significantly reduced amplitude. Binaural amplitudes were significantly larger than monaural contralateral responses but with reduced response presence. No significant differences were noted for latency or amplitude asymmetry. Conclusion: Using repetition rates of approximately 5 Hz or less may produce more consistent oVEMP response presence with minimal effects on amplitude for monaural or binaural recordings.
AB - Purpose: Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) are used to describe utricular/superior vestibular nerve function; however, optimal recording parameters have not been fully established. This study investigated the effect of repetition rate on air-conducted oVEMPs. Method: Ten healthy adults were evaluated using 500-Hz tone bursts (4-ms duration, Blackman gating, 122 dB pSPL). Four repetition rates were used (1.6, 4.8, 8.3, and 26.6 Hz) and resulting oVEMP response presence, amplitude, amplitude asymmetry, and n1/p1 latency were assessed. Results: Response presence was significantly reduced for 26.6 Hz using monaural stimulation and for 8.3 Hz and 26.6 Hz for binaural stimulation. For monaural stimulation using 1.6, 4.8, and 8.3 Hz, no significant differences were noted for amplitude or latency. Responses obtained using binaural stimulation demonstrated a significant effect of rate on amplitude, with 8.3 Hz producing significantly reduced amplitude. Binaural amplitudes were significantly larger than monaural contralateral responses but with reduced response presence. No significant differences were noted for latency or amplitude asymmetry. Conclusion: Using repetition rates of approximately 5 Hz or less may produce more consistent oVEMP response presence with minimal effects on amplitude for monaural or binaural recordings.
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U2 - 10.1044/2015_AJA-15-0011
DO - 10.1044/2015_AJA-15-0011
M3 - Article
C2 - 25997090
AN - SCOPUS:84942944017
SN - 1059-0889
VL - 24
SP - 411
EP - 418
JO - American Journal of Audiology
JF - American Journal of Audiology
IS - 3
ER -