A patient with Meniere's disease demonstrating alternating seesaw-like fluctuation of bilateral hearing loss was treated by intravenous drip injection of glycerol for about 3 years and glycerol test had been performed 59 times. The results showed that the response on the glycerol test was very good even at the advanced stage, but the hearing activity gradually worsened. When the response on the...

The inner ear, one of the most complex organs, contains within its bony shell three sensory systems, the evolutionary oldest gravity receptor system, the three semicircular canals for the detection of angular acceleration, and the auditory system--unrivaled in sensitivity and frequency discrimination. All three systems are susceptible to a host of afflictions affecting the quality of life for a...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine whether the incidence of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) varies throughout the year. STUDY DESIGN This study is a retrospective case review. SETTING This study was conducted at a tertiary referral center within a teaching hospital. PATIENTS Inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of ISSHL confirmed by audiometric data. Exclu...

Vertigo is a frequent symptom in the general population with a 12-month prevalence of 5% and an incidence of 1.4% in adults. Its prevalence rises with age and is about two to three times higher in women than in men. The epidemiology of vertigo and underlying specific vestibular disorders is still an underdeveloped field despite its usefulness for clinical decision making and its potential for i...

Delayed endolymphatic hydrops (DEH) is an unusual variation of Ménière's disease characterized by episodic vertigo that develops some time after the onset of a profound, typically unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. This case study describes a 48-year-old male who presented with complaints of episodic vertigo and disequilibrium 15 years following the onset of unilateral sensorineural hearing...

INTRODUCTION Meniere's disease (MD) is a disease of the inner ear that presents itself with repeated episodes of vertigo (96.2%), tinnitus (91.1%), and sensorineural hearing loss (87.7 %). In this article we sought to assess the effects of intratympanic (IT) injections of dexamethasone on definite cases of MD using electrocochleography (ECOG). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this hospital-based case...

Drop attack (DA) associated with Ménière's disease (MD) and delayed endolymphatic hydrops (DEH) is not common and may cause life-threatening clinical problems. The intratympanic dexamethasone (ITD) is one of primary treatments for MD or DEH. Our study investigated the effect of ITD on the DA associated with endolymphatic hydrops (EH).We retrospectively reviewed 10 patients with MD- and DEH-asso...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article reviews the literature on vestibular-evoked myogenic potential testing, a short latency electromyogram evoked by high acoustic stimuli and recorded via surface electrodes over the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Applications and refinements of this technique are described for different pathologies and in adults and children. RECENT FINDINGS Various techniques for el...

Meniere's disease, also know as endolymphatic hydrops, is a disorder of the inner ear of unknown cause. It is speculated that Meniere’s disease may be an immune-mediated disorder. Symptoms include tinnitus, vertigo, heightened sensitivity to loud sounds, fluctuating loss of hearing, headache, and aural fullness. In acute phases, nausea, vomiting, and disabling dizziness may occur. Usually, atta...

Ménière's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes attacks of vertigo and hearing loss, tinnitus, aural fullness in the involved ear. Over the past 4 decades, the Equilibrium Committee of the AAO-HNS has issued guidelines for diagnostic criteria, with the latest version being published in 1995. These criteria were reviewed in 2015 by the Equilibrium Committee, and revisions were appro...