Vestibular System in Migrainous Vertigo Patients

Do Migrainous Vertigo Patients Have More Hypersensitivity in Their Vestibular System Than Migraine Patients Without Vertigo?

Do migrainous vertigo patients have more pathology in their vestibular system than migraine patients without vertigo?

The aim of this study is to compare the vestibular system of migraine patients with and without vertigo in the symptom-free period by vestibular function tests, videonystagmography, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, and subjective visual vertical.

Inclusion Criteria:

• migraine according to IHS criteria
• migrainous vertigo according to the Neuhauser-criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

• no history of other neurological, vestibular, opthalmologic and ENT disorders
• no medications that could possibly influence test results
• intact hearing measured by audiometry
• pregnancy