Introduction Vertigo can be due to a variety of central and peripheral causes. The relative incidence of central causes is underestimated. This may have an important impact of the patients' management and prognosis. Objective The objective of this work is to determine the incidence of central vestibular disorders in patients presenting to a vestibular unit in a tertiary referral academic center...

A recent technique of assessing vestibular function, the vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP), is an otolith-mediated, short-latency reflex recorded from averaged sternocleidomastoid electromyography in response to intense auditory clicks delivered via headphones. Since their first description 10 years ago, VEMPs are now being used by investigators worldwide, and characteristic changes o...

OBJECTIVE To describe the decline of vestibulocochlear function in a man with vestibulocochlear dysfunction caused by a Pro51Ser mutation within the COCH gene on chromosome 14q12-13 (DFNA9). METHODS A follow-up of more than 15 years was performed in a single case. Clinical investigations were supplemented by oculomotor, vestibular, and auditory tests. RESULTS A 50-year-old man had had progr...

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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence, inheritance patterns, and clinical characteristics of familial Meniere's disease (MD) in a South Korean population. STUDY DESIGN Direct interviews, telephone interviews, and reviews of the medical records of definite Meniere's disease patients and their families. METHODS Direct and telephone interviews were perfo...

Introduction: Definite Meniere's diseaseis associated with two or more definitive periods of vertigo along with hearing loss, plus tinnitus or aural fullness or both. This study aimed to compare the effect of intratympanic dexamethasone and methylprednisolone on the functional-level scale of pure-tone audiometry (PTA), and class outcome measures of vertigo.  Materials and Methods: In this clini...

Đặt vấn đề: Bệnh Ménière là bệnh của tai trong, đặc trưng bởi tăng thể tích và áp lực nội dịch gây ra các cơn chóng mặt, nghe kém tiếp nhận, ù đầy tức tai. Chẩn đoán chủ yếu dựa vào lâm sàng thính lực, vì vậy còn khó khăn dễ nhầm lẫn với khác. Mục tiêu: Mô tả tổng quan phương pháp chẩn Meniere hiện nay nêu lên ứng dụng này trong sàng. Đối tượng pháp: Bài báo đăng trên tạp chí có bình duyệt bằng...