Differences in Symptoms among Adults with Canal versus Otolith Vestibular Dysfunction: A Preliminary Report

Table 8

Comparison of those with and without otolith dysfunctionDHI scores.

	Otolith dysfunction; (𝑛=11)	Normal otolith function; (𝑛=3)	𝑃 value§
Composite†	61 (14.1)	43 (14.5)	0.03*
P-DHI†	20 (4.2)	10 (6.0)	0.004*
F-DHI†	22 (6.7)	17 (8.3)	0.17
E-DHI†	19 (7.2)	17 (6.1)	0.17
Mild††	1	1	0.07*
Moderate††	3	2
Severe††	7	0

DHI: Dizziness Handicap Inventory.
†Mean DHI scores (standard deviation in parentheses).
P-DHI: physical domain; F-DHI: functional domain; E-DHI: emotional domain.
††Composite score severity rank frequencies.
§ANOVA.
* 𝛼=0.10.