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Objectives: This study investigated whether the method for eliciting vibration-induced oVEMPs could be improved by applying vibration directly to the teeth, and how vibration-induced oVEMP responses depend on the duration of the applied vibration. Methods: In 10 participants, a hand-held shaker was used to present 100-Hz vibration tone pips to the teeth via a customised bite-bar or to other parts of the head. oVEMP potentials were recorded in response to vibration in three orthogonal directions and five stimulus durations (10-180 ms). The oVEMP responses were analysed in terms of the peak latency onset, peak-to-peak amplitude, and the quality of the trace. Results: Vibration applied to the teeth via the bite-bar produced oVEMPs that were more consistent, of higher quality and of greater amplitude than those evoked by vibration applied to the head. Results: Longer duration stimuli produced longer duration oVEMP responses. Results: One cycle duration stimuli produced responses that were smaller in amplitude and lower quality than the longer stimulus durations. Conclusions: Application of vibration via the teeth using a bite-bar is an effective means of producing oVEMPs. Conclusions: A 1-cycle stimulus is not optimal to evoke an oVEMP because it produces less robust responses than those of longer stimulus duration. Conclusions: A positive relationship between the duration of the stimulus and the response is consistent with the notion that the vibration-induced oVEMP is an oscillatory response to the motion of the head, rather than being a simple reflex response that occurs when the stimulus exceeds a threshold level of stimulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]