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Bramhall NF. Use of the auditory brainstem response for assessment of cochlear synaptopathy in humans. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2021; 150:4440. [PMID: 34972291 PMCID: PMC10880747 DOI: 10.1121/10.0007484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Although clinical use of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) to detect retrocochlear disorders has been largely replaced by imaging in recent years, the discovery of cochlear synaptopathy has thrown this foundational measure of auditory function back into the spotlight. Whereas modern imaging now allows for the noninvasive detection of vestibular schwannomas, imaging technology is not currently capable of detecting cochlear synaptopathy, the loss of the synaptic connections between the inner hair cells and afferent auditory nerve fibers. However, animal models indicate that the amplitude of the first wave of the ABR, a far-field evoked potential generated by the synchronous firing of auditory nerve fibers, is highly correlated with synaptic integrity. This has led to many studies investigating the use of the ABR as a metric of synaptopathy in humans. However, these studies have yielded mixed results, leading to a lack of consensus about the utility of the ABR as an indicator of synaptopathy. This review summarizes the animal and human studies that have investigated the ABR as a measure of cochlear synaptic function, discusses factors that may have contributed to the mixed findings and the lessons learned, and provides recommendations for future use of this metric in the research and clinical settings.
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- Naomi F Bramhall
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Rehabilitation Research & Development Service (RR&D) National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA Portland Health Care System Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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Use of an Extra-Tympanic Membrane Electrode to Record Cochlear Microphonics with Click, Tone Burst and Chirp Stimuli. Audiol Res 2021; 11:89-99. [PMID: 33804370 PMCID: PMC7931016 DOI: 10.3390/audiolres11010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This study determined electrocochleography (ECochG) parameter settings to obtain cochlear microphonics (CM) with less invasive flexible extra-tympanic membrane electrodes. In 24 adult normal-hearing subjects, CMs were elicited by presenting click stimuli at 100 dBnHL, tone bursts (2 kHz) and broadband (BB) CE-chirps® LS (Interacoustics, Middelfart, Denmark), both at 80 dBnHL. Different high-pass filters (HPFs) (3.3 Hz and 100 Hz, respectively) were used to investigate response quality of the CM. CMs were successfully obtained in 92–100% with click-, 75–83% with 2 kHz tone burst- and 58–63% with CE-chirp®-LS stimuli. Click stimuli elicited significantly larger CM amplitudes compared to 2 kHz tone bursts and BB CE-chirp® LS (Interacoustics, Middelfart, Denmark). No significant differences were found between the two different high-pass filter (HPF) settings. The present study shows that it is possible to obtain clear CMs with the flexible extra-tympanic membrane electrodes using click stimuli. In contrast to 2 kHz tone bursts and CE-chirp® (Interacoustics, Middelfart, Denmark) LS, clicks show a significantly higher success rate and are the preferred stimuli to confirm the presence or absence of CMs.
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Basura GJ, Adams ME, Monfared A, Schwartz SR, Antonelli PJ, Burkard R, Bush ML, Bykowski J, Colandrea M, Derebery J, Kelly EA, Kerber KA, Koopman CF, Kuch AA, Marcolini E, McKinnon BJ, Ruckenstein MJ, Valenzuela CV, Vosooney A, Walsh SA, Nnacheta LC, Dhepyasuwan N, Buchanan EM. Clinical Practice Guideline: Ménière's Disease. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020; 162:S1-S55. [PMID: 32267799 DOI: 10.1177/0194599820909438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Ménière's disease (MD) is a clinical condition defined by spontaneous vertigo attacks (each lasting 20 minutes to 12 hours) with documented low- to midfrequency sensorineural hearing loss in the affected ear before, during, or after one of the episodes of vertigo. It also presents with fluctuating aural symptoms (hearing loss, tinnitus, or ear fullness) in the affected ear. The underlying etiology of MD is not completely clear, yet it has been associated with inner ear fluid (endolymph) volume increases, culminating in episodic ear symptoms (vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus, and aural fullness). Physical examination findings are often unremarkable, and audiometric testing may or may not show low- to midfrequency sensorineural hearing loss. Conventional imaging, if performed, is also typically normal. The goals of MD treatment are to prevent or reduce vertigo severity and frequency; relieve or prevent hearing loss, tinnitus, and aural fullness; and improve quality of life. Treatment approaches to MD are many and typically include modifications of lifestyle factors (eg, diet) and medical, surgical, or a combination of therapies. PURPOSE The primary purpose of this clinical practice guideline is to improve the quality of the diagnostic workup and treatment outcomes of MD. To achieve this purpose, the goals of this guideline are to use the best available published scientific and/or clinical evidence to enhance diagnostic accuracy and appropriate therapeutic interventions (medical and surgical) while reducing unindicated diagnostic testing and/or imaging.
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- University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Duke University School of Nursing and Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Consumers United for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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Hornibrook J, Gourley J, Vraich G. Tone burst electrocochleography disproves a diagnosis of Meniere's disease treated aggressively. HNO 2019; 68:352-358. [PMID: 31428809 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-019-0722-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Reliable confirmation of the presence or absence of endolymphatic hydrops is essential to avoid confusing vestibular migraine with Meniere's disease. MRI inner ear imaging is a promising new method to confirm hydrops, avoiding both unnecessary invasive or destructive inner ear treatments, but it is not universally available. Tone burst electrocochleography is an older simple, quick, safe, and sensitive test that is potentially available, with existing (or minorly upgraded) equipment at most tertiary medical centers. In Meniere's disease hydrops remains after intratympanic treatments. A case is presented of a 45 year-old man with a long history of recurrent vertigo attacks who, due to an erroneous diagnosis of Meniere's disease, was given five intratympanic treatments with no effect. He was subsequently found by tone burst electrocochleography to have no hydrops and was differentially diagnosed with probable vestibular migraine. Response to treatment confirms this diagnosis. This patient's electrocochleographic findings are compared with two other patients with definite Meniere's disease, one of whom had demonstrable hydrops despite intratympanic gentamycin treatments.
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- J Hornibrook
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Christchurch Hospital, 2 Riccarton Avenue, 8011, Christchurch, New Zealand. .,University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. .,University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Christchurch Hospital, 2 Riccarton Avenue, 8011, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Christchurch Hospital, 2 Riccarton Avenue, 8011, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Obeidat FS, Lewis Bell S. Comparing the sensitivity and specificity of cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials and electrocochleography in the diagnosis of Ménière’s disease. Int J Audiol 2019; 58:738-746. [DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2019.1627008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Faten Saeed Obeidat
- Hearing and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Relationship Between Audio-Vestibular Functional Tests and Inner Ear MRI in Meniere's Disease. Ear Hear 2019; 40:168-176. [PMID: 29698363 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Meniere's disease is an inner ear disorder generally attributed to an endolymphatic hydrops. Different electrophysiological tests and imaging techniques have been developed to improve endolymphatic hydrops diagnosis. The goal of our study was to compare the sensitivity and the specificity of delayed inner ear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after intravenous injection of gadolinium with extratympanic clicks electrocochleography (EcochG), phase shift of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (shift-DPOAEs), and cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP) for the diagnosis of Meniere's disease. DESIGN Forty-one patients, with a total of 50 affected ears, were included prospectively from April 2015 to April 2016 in our institution. Patients included had definite or possible Meniere's disease based on the latest American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery guidelines revised in 2015. All patients went through delayed inner ear MRI after intravenous injection of gadolinium (three dimension-fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequences), pure-tone audiometry, extratympanic clicks EcochG, shift-DPOAEs, and cVEMP on the same day. Endolymphatic hydrops was graded on MRI using the saccule to utricle ratio inversion defined as when the saccule appeared equal or larger than the utricle. RESULTS Abnormal EcochG and shift-DPOAEs in patients with definite Meniere's disease (DMD) were found in 68 and 64.5%, respectively. The two methods were significantly associated in DMD group. In DMD group, 25.7% had a positive MRI. The correlation between MRI versus EcochG and MRI versus shift-DPOAEs was not significant. MRI hydrops detection was correlated with hearing loss. Finally, 22.9% of DMD group had positive cVEMP. CONCLUSIONS EcochG and shift-DPOAEs were both well correlated with clinical criteria of Meniere's disease. Inner ear MRI showed hydrops when hearing loss was higher than 35 dB. The shift-DPOAEs presented the advantage of a rapid and easy measurement if DPOAEs could be recorded (i.e., hearing threshold <60dB). In contrast, EcochG can be performed regardless of hearing loss. In combination with shift-DPOAEs, it enhances the chances to confirm the diagnosis with a better confidence.
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Hoth S, Baljić I. Current audiological diagnostics. GMS CURRENT TOPICS IN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 2017; 16:Doc09. [PMID: 29279727 PMCID: PMC5738938 DOI: 10.3205/cto000148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Today's audiological functional diagnostics is based on a variety of hearing tests, whose large number takes account of the variety of malfunctions of a complex sensory organ system and the necessity to examine it in a differentiated manner and at any age of life. The objective is to identify nature and origin of the hearing loss and to quantify its extent as far as necessary to dispose of the information needed to initiate the adequate medical (conservative or operational) treatment or the provision with technical hearing aids or prostheses. Moreover, audiometry provides the basis for the assessment of impairment and handicap as well as for the calculation of the degree of disability. In the present overview, the current state of the method inventory available for practical use is described, starting from basic diagnostics over to complex special techniques. The presentation is systematically grouped in subjective procedures, based on psychoacoustic exploration, and objective methods, based on physical measurements: preliminary hearing tests, pure tone threshold, suprathreshold processing of sound intensity, directional hearing, speech understanding in quiet and in noise, dichotic hearing, tympanogram, acoustic reflex, otoacoustic emissions and auditory evoked potentials. Apart from a few still existing gaps, this method inventory covers the whole spectrum of all clinically relevant functional deficits of the auditory system.
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- Sebastian Hoth
- Functional Area of Audiology, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, HELIOS Hospital of Erfurt, Germany
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Kennedy AE, Kaf WA, Ferraro JA, Delgado RE, Lichtenhan JT. Human Summating Potential Using Continuous Loop Averaging Deconvolution: Response Amplitudes Vary with Tone Burst Repetition Rate and Duration. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:429. [PMID: 28798660 PMCID: PMC5529347 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Electrocochleography (ECochG) to high repetition rate tone bursts may have advantages over ECochG to clicks with standard slow rates. Tone burst stimuli presented at a high repetition rate may enhance summating potential (SP) measurements by reducing neural contributions resulting from neural adaptation to high stimulus repetition rates. To allow for the analysis of the complex ECochG responses to high rates, we deconvolved responses using the Continuous Loop Averaging Deconvolution (CLAD) technique. We examined the effect of high stimulus repetition rate and stimulus duration on SP amplitude measurements made with extratympanic ECochG to tone bursts in 20 adult females with normal hearing. We used 500 and 2,000 Hz tone bursts of various stimulus durations (12, 6, 3 ms) and repetition rates (five rates ranging from 7.1 to 234.38/s). A within-subject repeated measures (rate x duration) analysis of variance was conducted. We found that, for both 500 and 2,000 Hz stimuli, the mean deconvolved SP amplitudes were larger at faster repetition rates (58.59 and 97.66/s) compared to slower repetition rates (7.1 and 19.53/s), and larger at shorter stimulus duration compared longer stimulus duration. Our concluding hypothesis is that large SP amplitude to short duration stimuli may originate primarily from neural excitation, and large SP amplitudes to long duration, fast repetition rate stimuli may originate from hair cell responses. While the hair cell or neural origins of the SP to various stimulus parameters remains to be validated, our results nevertheless provide normative data as a step toward applying the CLAD technique to understanding diseased ears.
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- Alana E Kennedy
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Missouri State UniversitySpringfield, MO, United States
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Missouri State UniversitySpringfield, MO, United States
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- Department of Hearing and Speech, University of Kansas Medical CenterKansas City, KS, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of MedicineSt. Louis, MO, United States
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Hornibrook J. Tone Burst Electrocochleography for the Diagnosis of Clinically Certain Meniere's Disease. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:301. [PMID: 28670263 PMCID: PMC5472727 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The technique of transtympanic electrocochleography was initially developed as an objective hearing threshold test by Eggermont. Gibson et al. (1977) claimed that an enlarged direct current component of the action potential (AP) called the summating potential (SP) is an indication of endolymphatic hydrops, later confirmed by Coates who proposed an SP/AP ratio measure. This led to numerous publications using diagnostic ratios of 0.33-0.35. The insensitivity led to an eventual disenchantment with the test as a reliable objective test for Meniere's disease. It was further confused by audiologists employing remote canal or ear drum electrodes which give a response about one-fourth of the magnitude obtained by an electrode in contact with the cochlea. Subsequently Gibson stated that an SP/AP ratio of <0.5 is not diagnostic for hydrops. He then showed that a tone burst stimulus gave the test a significantly higher sensitivity and specificity, which has been supported by others. On MRI inner ear imaging with gadolinium hydrops can be seen, but the quality of images and what is seen may vary according to brand of scanner, settings, mode of gadolinium administration, and the possibility that gadolinium entry may favor the vestibule. Transtympanic tone burst electrocochleography is to date the simplest, cheapest and most sensitive technique for detecting cochlear endolymphatic hydrops to confirm a diagnosis of Meniere's disease.
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- Jeremy Hornibrook
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Christchurch Hospital, University of Canterbury and University of OtagoChristchurch, New Zealand
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Eggermont JJ. Ups and Downs in 75 Years of Electrocochleography. Front Syst Neurosci 2017; 11:2. [PMID: 28174524 PMCID: PMC5259695 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Before 1964, electrocochleography (ECochG) was a surgical procedure carried out in the operating theatre. Currently, the newest application is also an intra-operative one, often carried out in conjunction with cochlear implant surgery. Starting in 1967, the recording methods became either minimal- or not-invasive, i.e., trans-tympanic (TT) or extra tympanic (ET), and included extensive studies of the arguments pro and con. I will review several valuable applications of ECochG, from a historical point of view, but covering all 75 years if applicable. The main topics will be: (1) comparing human and animal cochlear electrophysiology; (2) the use in objective audiometry involving tone pip stimulation-currently mostly pre cochlear implantation but otherwise replaced by auditory brainstem response (ABR) recordings; (3) attempts to diagnose Ménière's disease and the role of the summating potential (SP); (4) early use in diagnosing vestibular schwannomas-now taken over by ABR screening and MRI confirmation; (5) relating human electrophysiology to the effects of genes as in auditory neuropathy; and (6) intracochlear recording using the cochlear implant electrodes. The last two applications are the most recently added ones. The "historical aspects" of this review article will highlight the founding years prior to 1980 when relevant. A survey of articles on Pubmed shows several ups and downs in the clinical interest as reflected in the publication counts over the last 75 years.
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- Jos J. Eggermont
- Department of Psychology, University of CalgaryCalgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of CalgaryCalgary, AB, Canada
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Claes GME, De Valck CFJ, Van de Heyning P, Wuyts FL. Does Cochlear Ménières Disease Exist An Electrocochleographic and Audiometric Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 18:63-70. [DOI: 10.1159/000342686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Gerd M E Claes
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Antwerp, STATUA (University of Antwerp Center of Statistics), Antwerp, Belgium.
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Does intratympanic gadolinium injection predict efficacy of gentamicin partial chemolabyrinthectomy in Menière's disease patients? Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2011; 269:413-8. [PMID: 21626123 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1644-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Using actual diagnostic criteria, the diagnosis of certain Menière's disease remains impossible during life without histopathologic confirmation. Assessing the value of a diagnostic test is difficult due to the lack of a gold standard. Recent studies reported on the use of MRI after intratympanic gadolinium injection to demonstrate endolymphatic hydrops in vivo. We evaluate whether MRI after intratympanic gadolinium administration is useful for predicting the effect and outcome of intratympanic gentamicin therapy. The correlation between transtympanic electrocochleographic (TT-ECoG) results and hydrops grade on MRI images is also investigated. Twelve definite Menière's disease patients with incapacitating vertigo attacks, not responding to drug and behavioral treatment, were selected for partial chemolabyrinthectomy with intratympanic gentamicin. All patients underwent transtympanic electrocochleography followed by surgical middle ear inspection, partial chemolabyrinthectomy (gentamicin solution 40 mg/ml applied during 60 min) and intratympanic gadolinium injection with clear exposure of the round window membrane. The MR images were reviewed and a hydrops grade was assigned. Correlation between the hydrops grade and the electrocochleographic data was assessed. Only 5 of 12 patients showed gadolinium enhancement in the inner ear. However, 6 of the 7 patients that did not show postoperative intracochlear or intralabyrinthine gadolinium distribution did report the clinical improvement after intratympanic gentamicin therapy. Hydrops grade correlated with the result of transtympanic electrocochleography in four of five cases that showed gadolinium enhancement. We conclude that the use of intratympanic gadolinium has no added value in predicting the clinical outcome of intratympanic gentamicin application. However, based on these data, a correlation between the result of TT-ECoG and hydrops grading on MRI images can be suggested.
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Baba A, Takasaki K, Tanaka F, Tsukasaki N, Kumagami H, Takahashi H. Amplitude and area ratios of summating potential/action potential (SP/AP) in Meniere's disease. Acta Otolaryngol 2009; 129:25-9. [PMID: 19003588 DOI: 10.1080/00016480701724888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that summating potential/action potential (SP/AP) area ratio may not necessarily have higher sensitivity in the diagnosis of endolymphatic hydrops of Meniere's disease (MD) than SP/AP amplitude ratio in transtympanic electrocochleography (ECochG). OBJECTIVE Recent studies suggested that SP/AP area curve ratio was more sensitive to endolymphatic hydrops in comparison with SP/AP amplitude ratio in extratympanic ECochG. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the utility of the SP/AP area curve ratio in transtympanic ECochG for the diagnosis of MD. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective chart review of 198 patients (209 ears) was conducted in cases of MD. RESULTS With regard to SP/AP amplitude ratio, 57.1% in definite cases of MD (group 1), 39.6% in probable cases of MD (group 2), and 50.0% in the cases who had transformed from probable MD to definite MD (group 3) showed abnormally high values, respectively. Abnormally high values were observed in 43.9%, 27.7%, and 30.0% in SP/AP area ratio in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively, indicating that abnormal values were observed more frequently in the amplitude ratio than in the area ratio in all three groups.
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Rotter A, Weikert S, Hensel J, Scholz G, Scherer H, Hölzl M. Low-frequency distortion product otoacoustic emission test compared to ECoG in diagnosing endolymphatic hydrops. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2008; 265:643-9. [PMID: 18026744 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0520-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2007] [Accepted: 10/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Previous studies assumed that specific audiometric measures like low-frequency biasing were noninvasive and inexpensive techniques for diagnosing endolymphatic hydrops (EH). The aim of this study was to compare the results of low-frequency DPOAE (LF-DPOAE) with those of transtympanic electrocochleography (ECoG) in patients with Menière's disease (MD). The prospective study included 50 patients, 22 to 72 years old, who were diagnosed with Menière's disease according to the criteria laid down by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) in 1995. LF-DPOAE and ECoG were performed on the same day after standard audiometry. Enlarged amplitude of summation potential to action potential ratio was used as the diagnostic criterion for EH. The results were compared to those of LF-DPOAE. In this audiometric examination we used the modulation index (MI) to detect EH if MI < 0.5. ECoG yielded a result in 46 of the 50 patients examined. An enlarged SP/AP ratio was found in 23 patients (50%). The results of 33 patients could be compared, i.e. assessable results in both tests. The two tests yielded the same results in 13 patients and different ones in 20 patients. ROC analysis and Mann-Whitney statistics showed no significant correlation between the two tests. With ECoG as the gold standard for verifying EH, we found that LF-DPOAE is not yet a suitable method for diagnosing EH.
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- A Rotter
- Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik und Poliklinik Charite, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
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Claes GME, Wyndaele M, De Valck CFJ, Claes J, Govaerts P, Wuyts FL, Van de Heyning PH. Travelling wave velocity test and Ménière’s disease revisited. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2008; 265:517-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0486-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2007] [Accepted: 09/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hirschfelder A, Gossow-Müller-Hohenstein E, Hensel J, Scholz G, Mrowinski D. [Diagnosis of endolymphatic hydrops using low frequency modulated distortion product otoacoustic emissions]. HNO 2006; 53:612-7. [PMID: 15565422 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-004-1171-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The low frequency modulation of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) is an objective audiometric method that appears to be a useful tool for the diagnosis of endolymphatic hydrops (EH), e.g. in patients with Menière's disease, or in those who present only some of the symptoms of the disease. METHOD Low-frequency modulated DPOAEs were registered in 20 patients with unilateral Menière's disease (13 women and 7 men, aged 40-66 years) and were compared to a control group matched in age and gender. As a diagnostic parameter, the 'modulation index' MI=1/2 MS/DM was used (MS or modulation span, being the difference between the maximal and the minimal DPOAE-amplitude, and DM, being the mean of the suppressed stationary DPOAE-amplitude). RESULTS In the patients with unilateral Menière's disease, MI was lower than in the control group. This difference was highly significant. In 56% of the patients' contralateral ears MI was lower than the cut off-value and significantly lower than in the control group, but did not differ significantly from the patients' ipsilateral ears. CONCLUSION The registration of low-frequency modulated DPOAEs is comparable to the generally applied transtympanic electrocochleography in its diagnostic validity. The method is fast and non-invasive and could be applied to monitor the course of the disease.
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- A Hirschfelder
- Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik der Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin
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- S Hoth
- Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg.
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Boudewyns AN, Wuyts FL, Hoppenbrouwers M, Ketelslagers K, Vanspauwen R, Forton G, Van de Heyning PH. Meniett therapy: rescue treatment in severe drug-resistant Ménière's disease? Acta Otolaryngol 2005; 125:1283-9. [PMID: 16303675 DOI: 10.1080/00016480510012237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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CONCLUSION Our data indicate that Meniett therapy is unlikely to be helpful in the long-term treatment of patients with severe, drug-resistant Ménière's disease (MD) in whom injection of intratympanic gentamicin (ITG) or another destructive procedure would otherwise be performed. OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of Meniett therapy in patients with drug-resistant MD referred for injection of ITG. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twelve patients referred for ITG treatment were followed during a 2-month period of Meniett therapy. Symptoms, functional level and hearing status were evaluated using a standardized staging system. Disease-specific quality-of-life measures were obtained before and after Meniett therapy. At the end of the study period, patients were followed for a mean of 37 months, thus providing long-term outcome data. RESULTS In two patients, Meniett treatment was interrupted after 1 month because of persistent severe vertigo. In the remaining 10 subjects, we found a significant decrease in the median number of vertigo spells from 10.0/month (25th-75th percentile 4.0-19.0) prior to treatment to 3.0/month (25th-75th percentile 1.5-4.5) after treatment (p = 0.02). There was, however, no improvement in hearing status, tinnitus, functional level or self-perceived dizziness handicap. Long-term (>1 year) follow-up data revealed that only 2 subjects preferred to continue Meniett therapy and that ablative surgery had to be performed in 6/12 study patients.
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- A N Boudewyns
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Wuyts FL, Van de Heyning PH, Van Spaendonck M, Van der Stappen A, D'Haese P, Erre J, Charlet de Sauvage R, Aran J. Rate influences on tone burst summating potential amplitude in electrocochleography: clinical(a) and experimental(b) data. Hear Res 2001; 152:1-9. [PMID: 11223276 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(00)00207-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Electrocochleographic recordings of action and summating potentials are widely used in the electrophysiological assessment of endolymphatic hydrops (ELH). Increased amplitudes of the summating potential (SP) in response to tone burst stimuli are indicative of positive ELH. This study reports the effect of repetition rate of tone burst stimulation on the SP amplitude. Using transtympanic electrocochleography (ECochG), the SP in response to 1 kHz tone bursts was recorded in both a Ménière and a non-Ménière population. Absolute values of the SP were systematically higher in the Ménière group. Moreover, in the Ménière and non-Ménière groups, the response amplitudes of the SP at a repetition rate of 8.4 tone bursts/s were only 66 and 32%, respectively, of the maximal response amplitude which was obtained at the rate of 37.4 tone bursts/s. Additionally, in normal guinea pigs chronically implanted with a round window electrode, the SP was recorded to 0.5-16 kHz tone burst stimulations presented at 100 dB SPL with the same different repetition rates. Similar enhancement of the SP amplitude was observed from 8.4 to 37.4 stimuli/s, whatever the frequency. This effect is interpreted as an increased asymmetry of vibration of the cochlear partition, whose mechanical operating point would not return to the normal resting position at high repetition rates, since it is permanently shifted in ELH.
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- F L Wuyts
- University of Antwerp, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,University Hospital, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Noguchi Y, Nishida H, Komatsuzaki A. A comparison of extratympanic versus transtympanic recordings in electrocochleography. AUDIOLOGY : OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AUDIOLOGY 1999; 38:135-40. [PMID: 10437684 DOI: 10.3109/00206099909073015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Detection thresholds, amplitudes and input output curves of cochlear microphonics (CMs), and action potentials (APs) determined by extratympanic electrocochleography (ET ECochG) were compared with those determined by transtympanic (TT) ECochG in the same ears. Two groups were studied: 12 ears in 9 volunteers with normal hearing, and 6 ears in 6 subjects with sensorineural hearing loss. Short tone bursts with frequencies of 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz were used as acoustic stimuli to evoke CMs, and a click was presented to measure the APs. In both groups, although the two approaches produced large differences in amplitudes, nearly identical values were obtained for the CM and AP detection thresholds. The CM and AP input-output curves obtained from mean amplitudes at each intensity in normally-hearing ears had similar slopes with the two approaches. These findings demonstrate the clinical usefulness of ET ECochG.
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- Y Noguchi
- Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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