Video head impulse test for the assessment of vestibular function in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss without vertigo

OBJECTIVE: Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss may be accompanied by dizziness without true vertigo. This study used the video head impulse test to evaluate vestibular function in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients who described experiencing dizziness and not true vertigo.

METHODS: A prospective study was conducted of 30 consecutive patients diagnosed with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss with dizziness without true vertigo. A comparison of the video head impulse test results of the patients who complained of dizziness (symptomatic group) with a group of patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss and no dizziness (asymptomatic) was performed.

RESULTS: Nine patients (30 per cent) were symptomatic. Two of those patients had abnormal video head impulse test findings. Seven patients in the asymptomatic group (7 out of 21, 33 per cent) presented with abnormal video head impulse test results. No significant difference in vestibular function between the two groups was detected by the video head impulse test.

CONCLUSION: The site of insult in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss without true vertigo is usually limited to the cochlea or the cochlear nerve.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:137

Enthalten in:

The Journal of laryngology and otology - 137(2023), 12 vom: 28. Dez., Seite 1374-1377

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Battat, N [VerfasserIn]
Ungar, O J [VerfasserIn]
Handzel, O [VerfasserIn]
Eta, R Abu [VerfasserIn]
Oron, Y [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dizziness
Head impulse test
Journal Article
Sensorineural hearing loss
Vertigo

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Date Completed 05.12.2023

Date Revised 06.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0022215123000245

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35301057X