[Assessment of perilymphatic pressure using the MMS-10 tympanic membrane displacement analyzer (Marchbanks' test) in patients with Meniere's disease: preliminary report].
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to investigate non-invasive measurement of perilymphatic pressure using the MMS-10 tympanic displacement analyzer (Marchbanks' test) in patients with Meniere's disease.


METHODS
We performed measurements in 20 patients with Meniere's disease and in 9 normal subjects with normal hearing. Data were collected in three groups: healthy ears of normal-hearing patients, healthy and affected ears in patients with Meniere's disease.


RESULTS
We found no significant differences between the 3 groups for the types of the graph. Measurements of the tympanic membrane displacement test variables (Vi and Vm) showed large inter-subject variations. No significant difference was found between the 3 groups for cochlear aqueduct patency.


CONCLUSIONS
Preliminary results of this short series show that assessment of perilymphatic pressure using the MMS-10 procedure does not seem to be useful in Meniere's disease.
Ayache
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Service ORL, Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, 25-29 rue Manin, 75019 Paris.
Nengsu Tchuente
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Plouin-Gaudon
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Vasseur
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Elbaz
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010498:Perilymph / Q000502:physiology*; D011312:Pressure; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000503:physiopathology*
Intérêt de l'évaluation de la pression périlymphatique par le test de Marchbanks (MMS-10) dans la maladie de Ménière: étude préliminaire.