title: [Clinical value of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in saccular dysfunction in Meniere's disease: a case report].
abstract: Sound-induced vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) on the surface of the sternocleidomastoid muscle constitute the basis of the saccular function test. In order to assess the saccular function, VEMP test was performed in a patient having unilateral Meniere's disease with profound sensorineural hearing loss in the contralateral ear. The saccular response was absent on the affected side with a normal caloric response. However, VEMP response was normal in the contralateral ear with profound sensorineural hearing loss and canal paresis. There may be saccular dysfunction in Meniere's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey. erkant@baskent-ank.edu.tr
authors.forename: Abdullah Erkan
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Tarhan
authors.forename: Levent Naci
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Ozlüoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012444:Saccule and Utricle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests