Masseteric vestibular evoked myogenic potentials findings in individuals with motion sickness susceptibility.

Background: Motion sickness (MS) is a clinical condition that causes autonomic symptoms as a result of a mismatch in sensory inputs with unusual body and environmental movements. Although the cause of MS is not clearly established, one widely accepted theory is otolith asymmetry and canal-otolith conflict. Masseteric vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (mVEMPs) are short latency inhibitory potentials recorded from the bilateral masseter muscle in response to bilateral or unilateral galvanic/acoustic stimuli.