Sudden bilateral hearing loss after vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials

Shinnosuke Asakura; Teru Kamogashira

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5025

Sudden bilateral hearing loss after vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Nov 22;9(11):e05025. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5025. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Shinnosuke Asakura¹, Teru Kamogashira^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Examination JR Tokyo General Hospital Shibuya-ku Japan.
² Department of Otolaryngology JR Tokyo General Hospital Shibuya-ku Japan.
³ Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Tokyo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo Japan.

Abstract

This case report presents bilateral hearing loss after vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) testing. The loud acoustic stimulus used in VEMP testing can cause noise-induced hearing loss in some cases with high sensitivity to noise exposure or by exceeding individual cochlear safety thresholds.

Keywords: bilateral sensorineural hearing loss; noise‐induced hearing loss; vestibular‐evoked myogenic potentials.

Publication types

Case Reports