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II. Vestibular Test Results

Alfred C. Coats, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1981;107(5):263-270.

Abstract
• Results of electronystagmograhic (ENG) position and bithermal caloric tests from patients with abnormally enlarged summating potentials (SPs) were compared with results from a unilateral weakness (UW)-matched ENG-comparison group and with a group of patients with unilateral cochlear deficits and dizziness but without enlarged SPs. The patients with enlarged SPs had a significantly higher incidence of caloric UW on the involved side than did the patients with cochlear deficits but without enlarged SPs. Also, the patients with SP enlargement had a significantly higher incidence of directional preponderance toward the involved side than did either of the comparison groups. Across-group differences in position test results were predictable from the caloric test results, but these differences were not statistically significant.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1981;107:263-270)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences and Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 13, 1980.

Reprint requests to Institute of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, Neurosensory Center of Houston, 6501 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030 (Dr Coats).

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