Short tone bursts are better than clicks for cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in clinical practice.

Our aim is to compare short tone burst (STB)--and clicks--stimuli to evoke vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) in healthy controls. A cross-sectional study in which VEMPs were measured in two sets of 185 and 55 normal volunteers by an air-conducted 500 Hz STBs and clicks, respectively. The test-retest reliability between different sessions was assessed in two subsets of 35 individuals.

Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials and health-related quality of life in patients with vestibular neuritis.

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) in subjects with vestibular neuritis (VN) and to determine the impact of the disease in health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Study Design: Case series.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Dynamic visual acuity during head-thrust test in canal planes in healthy subjects and patients with vestibular neuritis.

Conclusions: Dynamic visual acuity (DVA) during the head-thrust test (htDVA) is reliable in normal subjects, having a high specificity for the horizontal canal, so it may be useful to monitor vestibular rehabilitation in patients with vestibular neuritis (VN).

Objective: To obtain reference values for htDVA in healthy individuals and to investigate the potential application in subjects with unilateral VN.

Methods: A total of 73 healthy individuals and 50 patients with unilateral VN were included.

Impact of bilaterality and headache on health-related quality of life in Meniere's disease.

Objectives: We analyzed the impact of bilaterality and headache on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with Meniere's disease (MD).

Methods: A case series including 86 patients with a diagnosis of definite MD according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) diagnostic criteria was evaluated by the Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Instrument and the Dizziness Handicap Inventory Short Form (DHI-S).

Results: The scores on all scales of the SF-36 were significantly lower for bilateral MD than for unilateral cases, except for body pain.