This project involves detailed assessment of the parameters that affect response recordings of a new vestibular reflex test. oVEMP or ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential testing involves measuring a vestibular reflex from under the eye muscles whilst stimulating the inner-ear utricle with a bone-conduction stimuli. The oVEMP test is proving valuable as a clinical tool for determining unilateral otolithic inner-ear dysfunction, and is also beneficial as it takes very little time to perform and does not make clients feel dizzy.
Data from this study, including normative data, will guide the investigation of the optimum testing parameters for this very new clinical test. The results from these studies will subsequently be included in a paper to be submitted for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal.