Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases: News and Research on Labyrinth Diseases

MeSH tree: C09.218.568

Neuroscience

Study looks at hearing, balance in adolescent Meniere disease

Adolescent Meniere disease (MD) has a higher pure-tone average threshold, lower speech discrimination score, and lower otoacoustic emission pass rates than recurrent vertigo of childhood (RVC), according to a study published ...

Neuroscience

Vestibular neurectomy effective for Meniere disease

For patients with Meniere disease (MD), vestibular neurectomy is effective, resolving vertigo episodes and resulting in hydrops regression, according to a study published online July 30 in Acta Neurologica Belgica.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Endolymphatic duct blockage beneficial for vertigo in Meniere disease

Endolymphatic duct blockage (EDB) is more effective than intratympanic methylprednisolone (ITMP) injection for controlling vertigo symptoms among patients with Meniere disease (MD), according to a study published online May ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Membranous labyrinth distension seen in MRI of Meniere disease

Distension of the membranous labyrinth is seen in histologic specimens from deceased patients with symptoms consistent with Meniere disease and in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from patients exhibiting classic Meniere ...

Neuroscience

Sound stimulation aids saccular dysfunction with Meniere disease

Sound stimulation of 75 dB at a frequency of 100 Hz leads to improvement in cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) amplitude in patients with definitive Meniere disease, according to a study published online ...

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