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Published in final edited form as: Otol Neurotol. 2013 Jan;34(1):121–126. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31827136b0

Table 4.

VEMP Sensitivity and Specificity for the diagnosis of SCDS per decade of age

Age decade	OVEMP TB: peak-to-peak amplitudes			CVEMP thresholds

	Cut-off value	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Cut-off value	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
30s	>17.5	100%	100%	<75	80%	100%
				<85	80%	73%
				<90	100%	46%

40s	>22	100%	100%	<75	45%	100%
				<85	73%	87%
				<90	90%	54%

50s	>16.6	100%	94%	<75	55%	100%
	>16.6	100%	94%	<85	100%	100%
	21.3	90%	100%	<90	100%	60%

60s	>14.8	100%	100%	<75	50%	100%
				<85	100%	100%
				<90	100%	75%

Shaded area highlights the most common age range of SCDS patients