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Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional analysis, 164 patients with dizziness or vertigo and normal video head impulse test (vHIT) and VEMPs were studied (107 SVIN-positive, 57 SVIN-negative). Logistic regression tested whether age predicted SVIN positivity; among the 107 positive patients, SVIN-SPV was analyzed by correlation and multivariable linear regression. Results: Age did not predict a positive SVIN (odds ratio 1.01 per year, p = 0.28), whereas male sex did (odds ratio 2.31, p = 0.02). Among positive patients, mean SVIN-SPV was 3.0\u00b0\/s and correlated with age (r = 0.25, p = 0.009); age was the only significant covariate in multivariable regression (\u03b2 = 0.035\u00b0\/s per year, p = 0.010), and patients aged \u226560 years showed higher SVIN-SPV (p = 0.028). 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