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Background and Aim: Caffeine at low doses blocks adenosine receptors. These receptors are present in all parts of the body including auditory and vestibular system. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of caffeine on cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP). Methods: In this interventional double-blind study, 40 cases (20 females and 20 males) aged 18-25 years were randomly ass...

BACKGROUND Vestibular neuritis (VN) is commonly diagnosed by demonstration of unilateral vestibular failure, as unilateral loss of caloric response. As this test reflects the function of the superior part of the vestibular nerve only, cases of pure inferior nerve neuritis will be lost. CASE PRESENTATIONS We describe three patients with symptoms suggestive of VN, but normal calorics. All 3 had...

Objectives We retrospectively evaluated a chart review of 3,525 patients for any acute disturbance. A total 1,504 with vestibular syndrome (AVS) received an instrumental assessment within 72 h from the onset symptoms using simultaneously combination ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (oVEMPs), cervical (cVEMPs), video head-impulse test (vHIT), and subjective visual vertical (SVV) were ...

INTRODUCTION Calcium is vital for the functioning of the inner ear hair cells as well as for the neurotransmitter release that triggers the generation of a nerve impulse. A reduction in calcium level could therefore impair the peripheric vestibular functioning. However, the outcome of balance assessment has rarely been explored in cases with osteopenia and osteoporosis, the medical conditions a...

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) is a rare entity recently described whose typical clinical symptomatology represented by dizziness triggered variation of pressure. We reported case SSCD which was diagnosed thanks to computed tomography (CT) scan the petrous bone conducted systematically in front mixed deafness with normal eardrum. The bilateral and revealed on left side perception...