nerve test on eyes and ears

[shaw1981]

I HAVE'NT BEEN ON HERE IN MONTHS BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY FEELING BETTER FOR A WHILE... WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN. I JUST HAD THE NERVE TEST DONE ON MY EYES AND EARS, NOT SURE WHAT ITS CALLED, I GO FOR THE RESULTS TOMORROW

ANYWAYS MY QUESTION.. DID ANY OF YOU EXPERIENCE PAIN IN YOUR EAR DRUMS LIKE THEY WERE THROBBING DURING THE TEST? IF SO IS THIS NORMAL ? I TOLD THE TECH AND HE SAID ITS NOT WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS BUT ITS HAPPENS TO SOME.

I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT FROM PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS, AND IF YOU DID, HAVE YOU BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MS?

[shaw1981]

YES :) THAT IS WHAT IT WAS CALLED, I FORGOT. THE CLICKS WERE SO QUIET BUT MY EAR DRUMS FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO BLOW UP. SHARP PAINS. WENT AWAY AS SOON AS THE TEST STOPPED.

[COBOB]

IF THEY PUT ELECTRODES ON YOUR SCALP AND DID THE CHECKERBOARD AND THEN PLAYED "CLICKS" IN YOUR EARS, THEN THE EYE TEST WAS A VEP (VISUALLY EVOKED POTENTIALS) AND THE 2ND WAS A BAER (BRAINSTEM AUDIO EVOKED RESPONSE).

BOB