/OBJECTIVES: Vestibular function assessment in infants is demanding. To develop age-appropriate methods for vestibular investigation early in infancy and in newborns we studied whether Bone-Conducted cervical Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials (BCcVEMP) is an accurate method. We also outlined BCcVEMP wave values in early infancy and compared them with values obtained at one year of age in the same cohort.
Bone-conducted cVEMP shows promise as a vestibular screening tool in early infancy, but this is a single prospective cohort; wait for replication and normative data before adopting routinely.
Vestibular assessment in early infancy is notoriously difficult, and a validated bone-conducted cVEMP protocol could enable earlier identification of balance disorders in a population that cannot complete behavioral testing.
- 01Prospective cohort design evaluated bone-conducted cVEMP diagnostic accuracy in early infancy.
- 02cVEMP is a non-behavioral test, making it suitable for infants who cannot follow instructions.
- 03Study targets a gap in vestibular diagnostics where few age-appropriate tools exist.
- 04Findings could inform early vestibular screening protocols alongside newborn hearing screening.
- 05Published in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (2026).
Bone-conducted cVEMP is a diagnostically accurate method for vestibular assessment in early infancy.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42296692
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijporl.2026.112896.
- Journal
- International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Infants in early infancy undergoing vestibular assessment
- Intervention
- Bone-conducted cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP)
Primary outcomes
Diagnostic accuracy of bone-conducted cVEMP for vestibular disorders in early infancy