Audiovestibular findings in patients with vestibular neuritis: a long-term follow-up study.
During the years 1980-1981, 19 patients with a mean age of 39 years, given the diagnosis vestibular neuritis were subjected to a caloric bithermal test, a pure tone audiogram and stapedius reflex measurements within 1 week, 3 weeks, 9 weeks and 1 year after the onset of symptoms, respectively. In a majority of the patients the feeling of dysequilibrium and vertigo diminished within the first 3 weeks and the difference in caloric reaction between the two sides also diminished during this period. In 9 of the patients, a uni- or bilaterally elevated stapedius reflex threshold was found. The return of the caloric response was somewhat slower in this group of patients.
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Department of Otolaryngology, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Bergenius
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D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D002150:Caloric Tests; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009443:Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D013198:Stapedius / Q000503:physiopathology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D000160:Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology