Clinical Superiority of Belly-Tendon Montage Over Others for Recording Air-Conducted Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential

In a recent study published by Raveendran and Singh (2026), a number of ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP) electrode montages were compared. This study specifically analyzed responses in a test group comprising of 30 adults with a diagnosis of auditory neuropathy and compared these results to a control group comprised of 30 adults without this diagnosis. A number of electrode montages were also compared, including belly-tendon, infra-orbital, chin-reference, and sternum reference. This study showed superior responses in the belly-tendon group; responses showed inter and intragroup superiority across peak-to-peak amplitudes and higher response rates. These authors concluded that the oVEMP belly-tendon montage was superior in both the control and test groups, and better helped identify pathological findings. 

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Raveendran, R. and Singh, N (2026). Clinical superiority of belly-tendon montage over others for recording air-conducted ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential. Sci Rep 16, 7693 (2026).