Table II. Correlations between audiological test results with air- and bone-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potentials before and after stapedotomy.
AC-VEMPs (+)/11 Ears | AC-VEMPs (-)/31 Ears | p value | BC-VEMPs (+)/15 Ears | BC-VEMPs (-)/27 Ears | p value | |
Pre-operative | ||||||
Mean Air 4-PTA | 39.20 | 63.46 | NS | 44.41 | 64.02 | NS |
Mean Bone 4-PTA | 24.43 | 35.12 | 0.027* | 24.25 | 36.80 | 0.003* |
Mean Air-Bone Gap | 16.90 | 30.80 | 0.032* | 21.26 | 30.44 | NS |
Post-operative | ||||||
Mean Air 4-PTA | 30.56 | 40.04 | NS | 30.83 | 41.29 | 0.022* |
Mean Bone 4-PTA | 22.15 | 30.56 | NS | 20.83 | 32.54 | 0.005* |
Mean Air-Bone Gap | 8.63 | 10.22 | NS | 10.40 | 9.48 | NS |
AC-VEMPs: air-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potentials; BC-VEMPs: bone-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potentials; PTA: pure tone average; NS: non-significant difference; * p < 0.05.