Evoked Potentials, Motor, Vestibular
Conditions
Brief summary
The bioelectrical responses of muscle, evoked by sound, obtained with a device considered the gold standard (widely used in clinics and hospitals) are similar to those obtained with a new device developed
Interventions
DEVICEVestibular myogenic evoked potential analyzer
Sponsors
Aline Carabl de Oliveira
José Fernando Colafêmina
Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas
Study design
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
25 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* hearing thresholds equal to or less than 20 dB HL with differences between the ears, by frequency, equal to or less than 10 dB.
Exclusion criteria
* Occupational noise exposure * Ear surgeries * More than three ear infections in the current year * Use of ototoxic medication * Tinnitus, vertigo, dizziness or other vestibular-cochlear diseases * Systemic diseases that may contribute to cochlear-vestibular pathologies, such as hypertension and dyslipidemia * Hormonal diseases
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed