Your VEMP Testing Center in Los Angeles
If you’ve experienced dizziness, vertigo, or unsteadiness on your feet, then you are well aware of their debilitating and confidence-shattering effects on your daily life.
Whether you’re lying in bed and have the sudden sensation of the room spinning, leading to nausea or vomiting, or you’re more prone to falling or losing your balance than you used to be, you could be dealing with any number of conditions related to the vestibular dysfunction.
Vestibular dysfunction involves problems related to inner ear functions and other peripheral systems, or how your brain processes signals related to balance, both of which are cause for concern for our audiologists at Pacific Hearing Inc.
To assist us in diagnosing conditions related to dizziness, vertigo, and balance, so we can provide the best form of treatment, we use a new advanced technology known as VEMP (Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential) testing.
Why Pacific Hearing Inc Uses VEMP Testing
Falls related to a loss of balance are responsible for about 50% of fall related deaths among the elderly, and about 90 million Americans complain about dizziness or vertigo during doctor’s visits each year.
Dizziness or faintness, feelings that the room or your surroundings are spinning around you, or losing your balance while walking or changing positions, are signs often related to vestibular dysfunction. VEMP testing is an advanced technology tool used to aid our audiologists in diagnosing the cause of dizziness, vertigo, balance disorders, and other forms of vestibular dysfunction.
VEMP test results are used to help identify the causes of your dizziness, vertigo, or balance disorders so that we can apply therapy or treatment that targets your unique condition.
VEMP Test: What to Expect
The VEMP test procedure is relatively simple. After attaching sticker electrodes to your head and neck, seating you in a reclined position, and inserting headphones into your ear canals, your audiologist will ask you to turn your head and contract your neck muscles, and face forward and raise their gaze 90 degrees upward.
As you do these, you will hear tapping sounds
The reflex response of those tapping sounds are what is being measured during a VEMP test.
Once testing is finished, your doctor of audiology will present you with the results, explain what they mean, and discuss therapeutic options or interventions to improve your condition.
How do I prepare for VEMP?
VEMP test preparation is important in order to get the best and most accurate results. Eating prior to the test is okay, but you’re advised to eat only a light meal. Similar to other balance-related tests, the consumption of medications, drugs, or alcoholic beverages within the 48-hours prior to testing may produce inaccurate results. We recommend wearing loose fitting clothing for your comfort during testing, but refrain from applying skin lotions, moisturizing creams, makeup, mascara etc., to your face the day of the testing.
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