Development of ocular vestibular‐evoked myogenic potentials in small children

Abstract

Despite the well-developed caloric and cervical VEMP responses in early life, oVEMPs are not present in newborns, but are present in children aged >2 years who can walk with a gait resembling an adult. Maturation of the otolithic-ocular reflex is important to balance control, which is necessary in small children for independent gait.