Current Status of Electronystagmography Testing

Bhansali, Sanjay A.; Honrubia, Vicente

doi:10.1016/s0194-5998(99)70286-x

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“…This feature is a "must-have feature" in this type of questionnaire [5,[33][34][35] . Demographic features, familial MD history, accompanying other systemic chronic disease history, and bilaterality of the disease findings were similar to those of other studies [36][37][38][39][40][41] . It has been reported that the emotional stress is the most powerful attack indicator [31,[41][42][43][44] .…”

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The Reliability and Validity of “Dokuz Eylül University Meniere’s Disease Disability Scale”

et al. 2018

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OBJECTIVE:Ménière's Disease (MD) is a chronic, non-life threatening inner ear disease, with attacks of disabling vertigo, progressive hearing loss, and tinnitus as the major symptoms. All three symptoms, separately or in combination, cause great distress and have a considerable impact on the quality of life of the patients. The aims of this study were to develop a disease-specific quality of life survey for patients with MD and to analyze the relationships between the audiovestibular findings and the survey. MATERIALS and METHODS:Following Ear-Nose-Throat examination and audiovestibular tests, the Dokuz Eylül University Meniere's Disease Disability Scale (DEU-MDDS) and Turkish version of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI-T) were administered to 93 patients with definite MD. Reliability and validity analyses of the scale were performed. RESULTS:There were 45 (48.4%) male and 48 (51.6%) female patients and the mean age was 48.9±12.1 years. Cronbach's alpha was 0.92 and intraclass correlation coefficients of the DEU-MMDS were significant (p<0.001). Results of the Goodness of Fit Statistics showed that the expression levels of the items were high and the correlation coefficients of each item with the scale were sufficient. There was a statistically significant correlation between DHI-T scores and MDDS. DEU-MDDS was not related to the vestibular tests, age or gender (p>0.05). CONCLUSION:The MDDS is a valid and reliable scale as a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire for patients with MD.

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“…The lateral canal involvement was characterized by horizontal positional nystagmus. The most intense downwards geotropic nystagmus with the right ear indicated canalolithiasis on the right side; the most intense downwards geotropic nystagmus with the left ear indicated left lateral canal canalolithiasis; the most intense downwards ageotropic nystagmus with the right ear indicated left lateral canal cupulolithiasis; the most intense downwards ageotropic left year nystagmus indicated right lateral canal cupulolythiasis 10,19 . The patients with vertical canal involvement were treated by means of the Epley maneuver 14 and those with lateral canal involvement were treated by the LempertWilck maneuver 16 .…”

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“…The anterior canal involvement was characterized by downwards and rotational vertical positional nystagmus (counterclockwise in the right labyrinth and clockwise in the left one). In vertical canal involvement, canalolithiasis was characterized by nystagmus lasting up to one minute and cupulolithiasis, by nystagmus lasting more than one minute 10,19 . The lateral canal involvement was characterized by horizontal positional nystagmus.…”

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Quedas em idosos com Vertigem Posicional Paroxística Benigna

Ganança¹,

Gazzola²,

Ganança³

et al. 2010

Braz. j. otorhinolaryngol. (Impr.)

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Summary Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) can cause falls, especially in the elderly. Aim to study whether or not elderly patients with BPPV have a reduction on their falls after the particle repositioning maneuver (PRM). Materials and Methods retrospective study including elderly with BPPV who had fall(s) during the last year. All patients were submitted to the PRM according to the affected semicircular canal (SCC). After the abolition of positioning vertigo and nystagmus, the patients were submitted to a 12 month follow-up and were investigated about the number of fall(s). Wilcoxon's test was performed to compare the number of fall(s) before and after 12 months of the PRM. Results One hundred and twenty one patients were included in the study. One hundred and one patients presented involvement of the posterior SCC, 16 of the lateral and four of the anterior. We noticed a reduction on the number of falls, with statistically significant difference when all the patients were analyzed together (p<0.001), the posterior canal BPPV patients (p<0,001) and the lateral canal VPPB patients (p=0.002). We also found a tendency of statistically significant difference for the anterior canal BPPV patients (p=0.063). Conclusion BPPV elderly patients had indeed a reduction on the number of falls after the PRM.

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“…Because this technique directly compares the vestibular function on the right and left sides, caloric testing is highly reliable in detecting unilateral peripheral vestibular loss. 2,3,23,25,26 Each laboratory must determine its own normal range; however, in most testing centers a caloric paresis of greater than 22 to 25% indicates unilateral peripheral vestibular loss. Directional preponderance indicates nystagmus greater in one direction than in the other during caloric testing.…”

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“…Caloric testing can result in artifactually reduced vestibular responses due to inadequate irrigation. 21,26,29 Rotational chair testing is also helpful in monitoring vestibular function when ototoxic medications such as gentamicin and cisplatin are administered, 28 in those with gait disequilibrium, 30 and in testing infants and young children, as will be discussed later. Knowing the degree of vestibular loss may also be useful in deciding whether a patient's balance rehabilitation should emphasize exercises that enhance residual vestibular function or those that retrain the individual to rely more on somatosensory and visual cues.…”

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Assessment: Vestibular testing techniques in adults and children [RETIRED]

Fife¹,

Tusa²,

Furman³

et al. 2000

Neurology

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Overview. Neurologists are frequently called upon to evaluate patients with vertigo and dizziness and, in some cases, to make sense of abnormal vestibular tests. Consequently, it is useful to have some familiarity with the methods used to test vestibular function.The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) is a reflex that acts at short latency to generate eye movements that compensate for head rotations in order to preserve clear vision during locomotion. The VOR is the most accessible gauge of vestibular function. Evaluating the VOR requires application of a vestibular stimulus and measurement of the resulting eye movements.This report reviews the advantages and limitations of the methods of stimulating the vestibular system: caloric irrigation, rotational chair testing, and auto-rotational testing. Vestibular testing in children is given additional consideration because of the paucity of recent reviews on the topic. This report will not address eye movement recording techniques, the neurophysiology of the VOR, which is reviewed elsewhere, 1,2 or interpretation of nystagmus.Literature review. This evidence-based assessment was developed from a review of published articles obtained through the MEDLINE database of the National Library of Medicine. Relevant publications were rated by the strength of evidence according to a scheme approved by the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (see Appendix 2).

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Current Status of Electronystagmography Testing

Cited by 64 publications

References 26 publications

The Reliability and Validity of “Dokuz Eylül University Meniere’s Disease Disability Scale”

The Reliability and Validity of “Dokuz Eylül University Meniere’s Disease Disability Scale”

Quedas em idosos com Vertigem Posicional Paroxística Benigna

Assessment: Vestibular testing techniques in adults and children [RETIRED]

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