Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 159-163 , April 2007

Comparison of Short Tone Burst-evoked and Click-evoked Vestibular Myogenic Potentials in Healthy Individuals

  • Huei-Jun Wu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Speech and Hearing Disorders and Sciences, NTCN, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • An-Suey Shiao

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yih-Liang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech and Hearing Disorders and Sciences, NTCN, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Guo-She Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech and Hearing Disorders and Sciences, NTCN, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Guo-She Lee, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, 155, Section 2, Linong Street, Beitou District, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 4 August 2006 ,Accepted 12 March 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70350-8

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70350-8

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 159-163 , April 2007

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