UNLABELLED Ménière;s disease is a frequent vestibular disease that occurs predominantly in the fourth decade of life. Diagnosis is mostly medical and is based on findings of vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus and aural fullness. AIM To study the clinical findings of Ménière;s disease: age, duration of vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss and aural fullness, and unilateral or bilateral i...

This study assessed whether symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), health anxiety, and intolerance of uncertainty were associated with distress in members of the Ménière Society (n 800), and compared the extent of anxiety, depression, intolerance of uncertainty, and health anxiety with a healthy control group (n 484). PTSD symptoms were associated with anxiety, depression, and handic...

A number of electrophysiological tests have been proposed for the initial diagnostic assessment or for the follow-up phase of patients affected by Ménière disease. The most common are: (i) vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs); (ii) electrocochleography (ECochG); and (iii) otoacoustic emissions (OAEs). This paper presents the latest clinical developments with these 3 testing modalities....

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 3D-FLAIR imaging 24 hours after intratympanic gadolinium injection (IT-method) or 4 hours after IV injection (IV-method) has been used to visualize the endolymphatic hydrops in Ménière disease. The purpose of this study was to compare the degree of perilymph enhancement with the 2 methods and the perilymph contrast-effect difference with the IV-method in both sides in pat...

Objective. The asymmetry ratio of ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP) >40% is interpreted as augmented or reduced response depending on whether the nI-pI amplitude of the lesion ear is larger or smaller than that of the opposite ear, respectively. This study compared unilateral Ménière disease patients with augmented oVEMPs vs reduced oVEMPs to elucidate the mechanism of augment...

RESUMO Objetivo Verificar as respostas das emissões otoacústicas (EOA) evocadas por estímulo transiente e produto de distorção em indivíduos com doença Ménière. Métodos Estudo transversal casuística composta 60 19 a 75 anos idade, distribuídos dois grupos: grupo estudo, 32 diagnóstico médico Ménière, sem outros riscos, controle formado 28 perda coclear, pareado idade gênero ao estudo. Critério ...