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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Dynamic Visual Acuity Results in Otolith Electrical Stimulation in Bilateral Vestibular Dysfunction.

Isaura Rodríguez-Montesdeoca, Ángel Ramos de Miguel, Juan Carlos Falcón-González, Silvia Borkoski-Barreiro, Susana Benítez-Robaina, Gloria Guerra-Jimenez, Joana Pavone, Angel Ramos-Macías

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The impact of bilateral vestibulopathy on quality of life: data from the Antwerp University Hospital registry.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  5. Vestibular prosthesis: from basic research to clinics.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2023
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Isaura Rodríguez-MontesdeocaDepartment of Otolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Gran Canaria, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.
Ángel Ramos de MiguelHearing and Balance Laboratory, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35001 Las Palmas, Spain.
Juan Carlos Falcón-GonzálezDepartment of Otolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Gran Canaria, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8622-6689
Silvia Borkoski-BarreiroDepartment of Otolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Gran Canaria, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5743-4374
Susana Benítez-RobainaDepartment of Otolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Gran Canaria, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.
Gloria Guerra-JimenezDepartment of Otolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Gran Canaria, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.
Joana PavoneDepartment of Otolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Gran Canaria, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5789-5066
Angel Ramos-MacíasDepartment of Otolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Gran Canaria, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4709-5559
Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria · ESUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · ES

Funding

European Union´s Horizon 2020 801127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background. Patients with bilateral vestibular disease (BVD) experience oscillopsia with a detriment to visual acuity (VA). This VA is driven mainly by the VOR that has two components: rotational and translational. VA can be tested by using dynamic visual acuity (DVA) on a treadmill because both systems are activated. The aim of this study is to compare VA before and after chronic electrical stimulation of the otolith organ. (2) Materials and Method. Five patients suffering from bilateral vestibular dysfunction (BVD), previously implanted with a new vestibular implant prototype, were included in this study with the aim to check VA with and without vestibular implant use (W and W/O) in static, 2 km/h and 4 km/h walking situations. DVAtreadmill was measured on a treadmill with a dynamic illegible E (DIE) test in static and dynamic conditions (while walking on the treadmill at 2 and 4 km/h). The DVA score was registered in a logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (LogMAR) for each speed. In addition, every patient completed the oscillopsia severity questionnaire (OSQ) and video head impulse test (vHIT) before and after activation of the vestibular implant. (3) Results. The analysis shows a significant difference in OSQ scores and DVA with an improvement in dynamic conditions. Organized corrective saccades during the use of a vestibular implant with no changes in gain were also detected in the video head impulse tests (vHIT). (4) Conclusion. The vestibular implant with otolithic stimulation offers changes in the response of DVA, which makes this paper one of the first to address the possible restoration of it. It is not possible to rule out other contributing factors (presence of covert saccades, somatosensory system, …). More work seems necessary to understand the neurophysiological basis of these findings, but this implant is added as a therapeutic alternative for the improvement of oscillopsia.

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bilateral vestibular disease (BVD)dynamic visual acuity (DVA)oscillopsia severity questionnaire (OSQ)vestibular implantvestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)

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PMID36233574
PMCPMC9573650
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