Relationship between clinical measures of hearing and clinical measures of vestibular function

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PURPOSE: Patients often have basic audiometry (BA) but not objective diagnostic tests of the vestibular system (VNG) when complaining of symptoms of a vestibular disorder. The relationship of BA results to VNG results is unknown. This study sought to determine if BA scores are related to impaired VNG scores.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed electronic medical records at a tertiary care center, for patients seen between 2015 and 2021 who had had both a BA and a VNG (n = 651). BA subtests were pure tone averages, word recognition, and tympanogram. VNG subtests were cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, Dix-Hallpike maneuvers, and bi-thermal caloric tests. All tests were summarized as normal/abnormal.

RESULTS: More subjects had abnormal BA than abnormal VNG scores. Age but not sex was significantly related to abnormal scores. High BP was a significant comorbidity in 15 % of the sample, more in patients with abnormal than normal VNG scores. Although the abnormal BA and abnormal VNG were significantly related, pure tone averages and tympanogram scores were not related to VNG subtests. Abnormal word recognition with both ears combined was significantly related to normal and abnormal bi-thermal caloric tests.

CONCLUSIONS: If the clinician needs to know of any VNG impairment, in general, then performing a BA without a VNG might suffice. If the clinician needs information about the details of possible vestibular impairment, then a VNG should be performed.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

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American journal of otolaryngology - 45(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 104052

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cohen, Helen S [VerfasserIn]
Sangi-Haghpeykar, Haleh [VerfasserIn]
Sullivan, J Connor [VerfasserIn]
Silver, Nathan [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira, Liam D [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Jen Li [VerfasserIn]
Sweeney, Alex D [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Angela S [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 06.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.104052

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NLM362953546