Vestibular neuronitis; a follow-up study.
Forty-three patients suffering from vestibular neuronitis were examinated during the acute attack and on an average 3.2 years afterwards. In the follow-up examination there was no caloric reactions in 7 patients, lowered in 15 patients and normal symmetric reactions in 21 persons. In the first examination all had normal symmetric hearing, in the follow-up examination there was 5 to 10 db hearing loss in 4.6 and 8 kHz on the diseased side in 24 patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002150:Caloric Tests; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009443:Neuritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology; D014725:Vestibular Nerve