VEMP responses are not affected in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients with or without polyneuropathy.
CONCLUSIONS
Vestibular evoked myogenic responses (VEMPs) are not affected in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients with or without polyneuropathy.


OBJECTIVE
To compare VEMP responses of NIDDM patients and healthy subjects.


METHODS
VEMP responses were collected from 25 NIDDM patients with polyneuropathy (PNP), 13 NIDDM patients without PNP and 21 healthy subjects using click stimulation. After excluding ears with hearing loss (HL) (worse than 25 dB) the VEMP responses (p13 and n21 latencies and amplitude) recorded in 105 dB stimulus intensity were compared.


RESULTS
There was no statistically significant difference between groups. VEMP responses were found to be normal in NIDDM patients with or without PNP.
Department of Otolaryngology, KTU Medical School, Trabzon, Turkey. devrimbektas@yahoo.com
Devrim
D
Bektas
Sibel
S
Gazioglu
Selcuk
S
Arslan
Bengu
B
Cobanoglu
Cavit
C
Boz
Refik
R
Caylan
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology*