The beginning of Menière's disease.
Sudden deafness and low-tone hearing loss were treated by steroid therapy. Of the 106 cases of sudden deafness, 23 (21.7%) showed complete recovery, 36 (34.0%) remarkable improvement and 13 (12.3%) no change, while the results for the 56 cases of low-tone hearing loss were 32 (57.1%), 1 (1.8%), 16 (28.6%) and 7 (12.5%), respectively. Of all patients, 37 had onset of vertigo within 2 to 24 months after steroid therapy, and 17 patients, including 4 with horizontal type, 2 with deaf type and 11 with low-tone hearing loss, were diagnosed with Menière's disease. The final hearing gain for 4 cases of horizontal type and 2 cases of deaf type sudden deafness was very great. The 17 patients diagnosed with Menière's disease had hydrops of the inner ear.
Division of Otolaryngology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Japan.
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Matsuoka
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Kurata
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Kazama
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Nakamura
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Sugimaru
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Satoh
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001299:Audiometry; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005990:Glycerol; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests
D013256:Steroids; D005990:Glycerol