title: The relationship between senile hearing loss and vestibular activity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A considerable high number of SNHL patients also suffer from dizziness and related vestibular symptoms.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the association of vestibular dysfunction and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in adult patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective, double-blinded, controlled studies composed by 63 adult patients without any vestibular symptoms or diagnosed vestibular diseases. Audiological status was measured with pure tone audiometry and the vestibular system was tested with vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP). Patients were divided into two groups: a study group (patients with SNHL) and a control group (patients without SNHL). VEMP results of the groups were calculated and compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean P1 (23.54) and N1 (30.70) latencies were prolonged in the study group (p<0.001) and the amplitudes of the study group were significantly reduced (p<0.001). Both parameters of the VEMP test were abnormal in the study group when compared to the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that age-related SNHL may be accompanied by vestibular weakness without any possible predisposing factors for vestibulopathy.
authors.affiliation: Turgut Ozal University Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: hkurtaran@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hanifi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurtaran
authors.affiliation: Kecioren Training and Research Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Baran
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.affiliation: Kecioren Training and Research Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ocak
authors.affiliation: Kecioren Training and Research Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mirici
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011930:Reaction Time; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: Audiometria tonal; Disfunção vestibular; Perda auditiva neurossensorial; Potenciais evocados miogênicos vestibulares; Pure tone audiometry; Sensorineural hearing loss; Vestibular dysfunction; Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials