OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine social comparison in illness using a mixed-methods approach that combined inductive exploration of how people used social comparison in this self-help group with a quantitative study of social comparison processes and their relationship to quality of life. METHODS The qualitative study involved 15 semi-structured interviews with people with Méni...

How common is it? The quoted prevalence for Meniere’s disease varies 100-fold, but a study in 2010 reported a prevalence of 190 per 100 000 population in the United States. Thus an average primary care practice of 5000 patients would be expected to see 5 to 10 patients with this chronic condition. Meniere’s disease is generally diagnosed in the fourth to sixth decades of life and consequently t...

INTRODUCTION Meniere’s disease synonymously known as endolymphatic hydrop disorder of inner ear resulting in ment of hearing and giddiness. the disease had been recognised in early 1860s, the details of underlying mechanism still remains unclear. ever the distension of endolymphatic sy tem due to increased volume of endolymph is the most common pathology explained in modern science. Review Arti...

V estibular schwannoma is a benign tumour that originates from the distal parts of the vestibular or cochlear nerve. The vestibule is an unusual location for acoustic neuromas. The primary symptoms of such tumours are unilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo. In this article, we report a patient with vestibular schwannoma who presented with the typical complaints and audiologic findings o...

Tinnitus, a common symptom encountered in family medicine, is defined as the perception of noise in the absence of an acoustic stimulus outside of the body. Because tinnitus is a symptom and not a disease, its underlying cause must be determined to best help patients. Although tinnitus is often idiopathic, sensorineural hearing loss is the most common identified cause. It can also be caused by ...