Subjective visual horizontal correlates better with ocular than with cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials.

Objective: To examine the relationship between widely used otolith function tests: the Subjective Visual Horizontal (SVH) and Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP).

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 301 patients who underwent SVH, ocular and cervical VEMP (oVEMP and cVEMP) tests on the same day. Correlations between the mean SVH tilt and amplitude asymmetry ratios for bone-conducted (BC) oVEMP and air-conducted (AC) cVEMP were examined.

Pulse transit time and assessment of childhood sleep disordered breathing.

Objectives: To compare nocturnal polysomnography (PSG) with pulse transit time (PTT) recordings and structured clinical assessments and assess the reliability of these methods as a surrogate for the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI; calculated as the number of apneas/hypopneas per hour of total sleep time) and to test the associations between the clinical assessments and sleep disordered breathing (SDB).

Design: Prospective observational study. The parents of 51 children and adolescents filled out a questionnaire on SDB and the participants underwent examination.

Improved speech discrimination after cochlear implantation in the Southern Cochlear Implant Adult Programme.

Aim: To assess the rate and amount of improvement in speech discrimination scores following cochlear implant (CI) at the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme-Adult (SCIPA).

Methods: A retrospective review of those implanted between 1999 and 2008 at SCIPA. We recorded type of implant, age of onset of deafness, age at implant, aetiology, and speech discrimination test (hearing in noise test, HINT) results pre-implant and over time post-implant.