OBJECTIVES: The extent and clinical relevance of direct auditory influences on the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) remain uncertain. This study aims to characterize auditory effects on VOR gain using a video head impulse test (vHIT) protocol under controlled auditory stimulation.
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Discussion
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Audiologists and vestibular specialists should be aware that auditory stimuli may influence VOR gain measurements; this could warrant reconsideration of test protocols that involve background sound or concurrent auditory tasks during VOR assessment.
If auditory stimuli reliably alter VOR gains, standard vestibular test conditions may need to be controlled for acoustic environment to ensure measurement validity across clinics.
- 01Auditory stimuli were found to influence vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain — the eye's compensatory response to head movement.
- 02Published in Ear & Hearing, a leading peer-reviewed audiology journal.
- 03Findings have potential implications for standardizing vestibular test conditions.
- 04Direct auditory effects on VOR are a lesser-studied cross-sensory interaction.
- 05Clinical relevance depends on the magnitude of the effect and reproducibility across populations.
Auditory stimuli directly influence vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gains.
studysupportedThe auditory effect on VOR gains is clinically relevant to diagnostic vestibular testing.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42647423
- DOI
- 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001884.
- Journal
- Ear and Hearing
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Adults undergoing vestibulo-ocular reflex assessment
- Intervention
- Auditory stimuli presented during VOR measurement
- Comparator
- No auditory stimulus / silent condition
Primary outcomes
Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain under auditory stimulus conditions; Clinical relevance of auditory effects on VOR measurement