title: [Assessment of perilymphatic pressure using the MMS-10 tympanic membrane displacement analyzer (Marchbanks' test) in patients with Meniere's disease: preliminary report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL, Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, 25-29 rue Manin, 75019 Paris.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ayache
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nengsu Tchuente
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Plouin-Gaudon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vasseur
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Elbaz
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Intérêt de l'évaluation de la pression périlymphatique par le test de Marchbanks (MMS-10) dans la maladie de Ménière: étude préliminaire.