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Observational studyBrazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

Vestibular function assessment in sudden hearing loss.

Nathalia de Paula Doyle Maia, Karen de Carvalho Lopes, Fernando Freitas Ganança

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Observational study in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Effect of sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients with or without dizziness/vertigo on auditory prognosis in patients with moderately severe hearing loss and above].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nathalia de Paula Doyle MaiaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Ambulatório de Otoneurologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: nathalia_doyle@hotmail.com.
Karen de Carvalho LopesUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Ambulatório de Otoneurologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Fernando Freitas GanançaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Ambulatório de Otoneurologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRSociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo perform vestibular assessment using cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential, video head impulse test and caloric testing in patients with sudden hearing loss. Moreover, to evaluate the correlation of dizziness with vestibular tests and the correlation of vestibular tests with hearing prognosis.

methodsThis is an observational, longitudinal and prospective study, including participants diagnosed with sudden hearing loss. The participants underwent cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential, video head impulse test and caloric testing. The audiometric assessment was performed at the beginning and at the end of the follow-up. A value of p≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.

resultsSeventeen patients were included in the study sample, with a mean age of 45.4±11.1 years. Five participants (29.41%) had dizziness and 15 (88.23%) had tinnitus. All participants underwent vestibular evaluation through cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential and video head impulse test, and 13 of them were evaluated through caloric testing. The cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential was considered altered in five (29.41%) participants, while 11 (64.71%) showed alterations at the ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential. The video head impulse test and the caloric testing were considered altered in seven (41.18%) and five (38.46%) participants, respectively. There was no statistically significant correlation between the clinical data and the results of vestibular tests or hearing recovery, nor between the results of vestibular tests and hearing recovery.

conclusionThe assessment through vestibular evoked myogenic potential, video head impulse test and caloric testing showed vestibular involvement in some participants. However, it cannot be stated that the results of the vestibular tests are related to the hearing prognosis of sudden hearing loss.

Indexed as

Hearing Loss, SuddenVestibular Evoked Myogenic PotentialsAdultCaloric TestsDizzinessHead Impulse TestHumansMiddle AgedProspective StudiesVertigoCaloric testingHead impulse testSudden hearing lossVestibular diseasesVestibular evoked myogenic potentials

Identifiers

PMID35697630
PMCPMC9761008
OpenAlexW4282930891

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