Significance of continuing audiovestibular practice during Covid-19 pandemic

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 1 The audiology clinic test numbers of 1-year interval during the Covid-19 pandemic

Tests performed in the audiology clinic	Period 23 May to 23 March 2019, no. of cases	Period 23 May to 23 March 2020, no. of cases	Alteration between the periods, (%)
Audiometry	657	128	81
Immitancemetry	529	96	82
ABR	47	11	77
A-ABR	419	124	70
VEMP	31	3	90
VNG	48	9	81
Caloric test	17	9	47
vHIT	14	1	93
CDP	6	0	100
Play audiometry	22	0	100
OAE	17	2	88
Tinnitus assessment	2	7	250
Intraop CI	5	2	60
CI fitting	7	3	57

ABR auditory brainstem response testing, A-ABR automated ABR, VEMP vestibular evoked myogenic potential, VNG videonystagmography, vHIT video head impulse test, CDP computerized dynamic posturography, OAE optoacoustic emission testing, Intraop CI intraoperative cochlear implant measurement