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20 September 2018

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State-of-the-Art Assessment Allows for Improved Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Test-Retest Reliability

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School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Canada
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CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’île-de-Montréal/Institut Raymond-Dewar, Canada
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Departement of Psychology, University of Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Abstract

The goal of the present study was to evaluate the test-retest reliability values of myogenic responses using the latest guidelines for vestibular assessment. Twenty-two otologically and neurologically normal adults were assessed twice, on two different days. The analyses were carried out using interclass correlations. The results showed that the latest recommendations for vestibular assessment lead to test-retest reliability values that are as high, or greater, than those reported in previous studies. The results suggest that state-of-the-art testing, using the latest recommendations as well as electromyography control, improves reliability values of myogenic responses, more specifically for the cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. The impact of small differences in experimental procedures on the reliability values of myogenic responses is also addressed.

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