EVestG Optimization as a diagnostic tool for Meniere’s disease

Dizziness is among the top three reasons that patients seek medical attention, and one of the
most common disabling conditions that humans face. One of the diseases that may cause
dizziness is Meniere’s disease, which its correct and timely diagnosis and separation from
other causes of dizziness with current techniques are quite challenging. On the other hand,
Electrovestibulography (EVestG) is a new technique for recording vestibular responses in the
ear, and has shown very encouraging results for to show EVestG signals being capable of
discerning Meniere’s disease for both bilateral and unilateral impairments. This study is to
optimize the EVestG experimental protocol specific as a Meniere’s diagnostic test. We will
analyze data of all different stimuli of the current protocol EVestG recording, and select the
characteristic features that have the maximum relevancy and minimum redundancy for
shortening and optimizing the recording protocol to 2 or 3 stimuli instead of the 7 current
stimuli. We will then develop a pattern…TOBECONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Zahra Kazem-Moussavi

Student:

Partner:

Neural Diagnostics

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

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