Menière's disease. II. A neuropsychological study.
23 Menière patients were examined with a extensive battery of neuro-psychological tests. In a previous investigation, the authors had demonstrated that patients with long-duration Menière's disease had psychological disturbances, presumably localized in the nondominant hemisphere. In the present investigation, the patients had short-duration Menière's disease, and we were unable to replicate the results of the former investigation. It is concluded that the central changes in nondominant hemisphere function develop over a long period of time. It is hoped for that further neuropsychological investigations of Menière patients will give more information on what is primary in Menière's disease: peripheral, sensory or central neurological changes.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003118:Color Perception; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010153:Paired-Associate Learning; D010465:Perception; D011581:Psychological Tests; D014796:Visual Perception