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. 2020 May 28;11:379. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00379

Table 1.

Diagnostic test characteristics.

SSCD Group Symptomatic SSCD
Sensitivity
(N)
Specificity
(N)
Relative risk,
95% CI,
p-value
Sensitivity
(N)
Specificity
(N)
Relative risk,
95% CI,
p-value
APT 66.7% (27) 72.1% (43) 2.67, 1.540 to 5.08, p = 0.003 71.4% (21) 75% (12) 2.08, 1.08 to 4.00, p = 0.028
cVEMP, thresh < 85 dB (500 Hz) 55.0% (20) 52.9% (17)
oVEMP, thresh < 85 dB (500 Hz) 50.0% (20) 52.9% (17)
oVEMP amp > 17 μV (500 Hz) 68.2% (22) 77.8% (18)
oVEMP, amp > 0 μV (4 kHz) 42.9% (14) 46.2% (13)
SNT 50.0% (22) 85.7% (42) 2.77, 1.48 to 5.17, p = 0.001, 62.5% (16) 91.7% (12) 2.58, 1.32 to 5.03, p = 0.006
APT or, oVEMP amp > 17 μV (500 Hz) 88.9% (27) 94.4% (18)

N, total number; SSCD, superior semicircular canal dehiscence; APT, ambient pressure tympanometry; VEMP, vestibular evoked myogenic potential; oVEMP, ocular VEMP; cVEMP, cervical VEMP; amp, amplitude; thresh, threshold; SNT, supranormal threshold; CI, confidence interval.