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Evaluation of Patients With Delayed Endolymphatic Hydrops by Videonystagmography, Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials, and Electrocochleography Publisher Pubmed



Yazdani N1 ; Rahmaty B1 ; Mousavi M1 ; Aghazadeh K1 ; Dabiri S1 ; Erfanian R1 ; Jafari N2 ; Rezazadeh N3 ; Tajdini A1 ; Givzadeh H1
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  1. 1. Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Radiology Department, Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Audiology Department, Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: ORL Published:2021


Abstract

Introduction: The categorization of delayed endolymphatic hydrops (DEH) based on the ear which produces vertigo may sometimes cause misdiagnosis. Objectives: The aim of this study was investigating the vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs), electrocochleography (ECoG), and videonystagmography (VNG) in cases with DEH to determine the ear that originates symptoms. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 34 patients - 20 males and 14 females - with profound unilateral sensorineural deafness and vertigo attacks were recruited and evaluated by the ECoG, VNG, and VEMPs tests. Results: The average age was around 43; the summating potential/action potential was abnormal in 29.4% of patients in their normal auditive ear. In 32.4, 17.6, and 50% of cases with a deaf ear, absent, normal, and abnormal VEMPs results were sequentially observed, respectively. In normal-hearing ears, absent, normal, and abnormal VEMPs were observed in 23.5, 50, and 26.5%, respectively. In the normal-hearing ear, the distribution of abnormal VEMPs was 26.5%, and in the deaf ear, this parameter was abnormal in 50% of the opposite ear (p value = 0.00021). In the VNG test, among patients with a normal-hearing ear, results in 27 and 7 patients were sequentially normal and hypofunction. Conclusion and Significance: The probability of a hypofunction VNG test in a normal-hearing ear might be greater when the VEMPs results of the contralateral deaf ear are normal. In patients with a normal-hearing ear, the distribution of abnormal VEMPs in the contralateral deaf ear is greater, although the intact side may also manifest abnormality in VEMPs tests. The initial evaluation should begin in a deaf ear as well as for the normal-hearing ear ere utilizing ablation surgery. © 2021 S. Karger AG, Basel.