Application of vestibular function examination in the analysis of damaged site in patients with acute vestibular neuritis

• Published in: Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology, head, and neck surgery head, and neck surgery, 2023-04, Vol.37 (4), p.263-267
• Main Authors: He, Feng, Han, Junliang, Bai, Ya, Wang, Yuanyuan, Wei, Dong, Shi, Ying, An, Xingyue, Fu, Wei
• Format: Article
• Language: Chinese
• Subjects: Head Impulse Test - methods; Humans; Semicircular Canals; Vestibular Nerve; Vestibular Neuronitis - diagnosis; Vestibule, Labyrinth
• ISSN: 2096-7993
• DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.2096-7993.2023.04.005

To analyze the site of vestibular nerve damaged in patients with acute vestibular neuritis. Fifty-seven patients with acute vestibular neuritis were recruited, and each patient underwent caloric irrigation test, video head impulse test（vHIT） and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials（VEMPs）. The results were further analyzed. Analysis of abnormal rates of different vestibular function tests: the abnormal rate of caloric irrigation test, horizontal semicircular canal vHIT, anterior semicircular canal vHIT, and posterior semicircular canal vHIT were 92.98%, 92.98%, 92.98%, and 52.63%, respectively. The abnormal rate of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials（cVEMP） and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials（oVEMP） were 52.63% and 89.47%. The abnormal rate of caloric irrigation test, horizontal semicircular canal vHIT, anterior semicircular canal vHIT, and oVEMP were significantly higher than posterior semicircular canal vHIT and cVEMP（