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References

Peer-reviewed primary literature and reviews cited throughout the chapter. Every citation was verified against PubMed (NCBI E-utilities) and carries a PMID and DOI; click either to open the source.

  1. Carey JP, Minor LB, Nager GT
    Dehiscence or thinning of bone overlying the superior semicircular canal in a temporal bone survey.
    Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 2000;126(2):137–147.doi:10.1001/archotol.126.2.137PMID: 10680863Temporal-bone survey: dehiscence in ~0.5% and thin bone in ~1.4% — a developmental substrate that needs a second hit to become symptomatic.
  2. Crane BT, Minor LB, Carey JP
    Superior canal dehiscence plugging reduces dizziness handicap.
    The Laryngoscope. 2008;118(10):1809–1813.doi:10.1097/MLG.0b013e31817f18faPMID: 18622314Surgical plugging/resurfacing of the canal reduces dizziness handicap — evidence for repair in disabling disease.
  3. Minor LB, Solomon D, Zinreich JS, Zee DS
    Sound- and/or pressure-induced vertigo due to bone dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal.
    Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 1998;124(3):249–258.doi:10.1001/archotol.124.3.249PMID: 9525507The original description of the syndrome and its third-window mechanism.
  4. Minor LB
    Clinical manifestations of superior semicircular canal dehiscence.
    The Laryngoscope. 2005;115(10):1717–1727.doi:10.1097/01.mlg.0000178324.55729.b7PMID: 16222184Defines the auditory and vestibular symptom clusters and the diagnostic battery.
  5. Ward BK, Carey JP, Minor LB
    Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome: Lessons from the First 20 Years.
    Frontiers in Neurology. 2017;8:177.doi:10.3389/fneur.2017.00177PMID: 28503164A 20-year synthesis: requiring concordant symptoms, signs and imaging avoids over-diagnosis from incidental radiographic dehiscence.
  6. Zuniga MG, Janky KL, Nguyen KD, Welgampola MS, Carey JP
    Ocular versus cervical VEMPs in the diagnosis of superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome.
    Otology & Neurotology. 2013;34(1):121–126.doi:10.1097/MAO.0b013e31827136b0PMID: 23183641Ocular VEMP amplitude and cervical VEMP threshold are the most discriminating physiologic tests for SSCD.