title: Difference in the nature of dizziness between vestibular neuritis and sudden sensorineural hearing loss with vertigo.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to examine whether any clinical difference existed with respect to the characteristics of dizziness in vestibular neuritis (VN) and sudden sensorineural hearing loss with vertigo (SHLV).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Included in this study were 22 SHLV patients and 32 VN patients who had been confirmed of unilateral caloric weakness. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss accompanied sudden attack of rotatory vertigo.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical features such as comorbidity, duration of vertigo, duration of spontaneous nystagmus, and others were compared between the 2 groups. Medical records related to the vestibular function test were also reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When comparing comorbid diseases and symptoms, there was no significant difference between the 2 groups. There were also no differences in the duration of spontaneous nystagmus and vertigo symptoms. However, the proportion of patients with abnormal vestibular evoked myogenic potential response was significantly smaller in the VN group compared with the SHLV group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with SHLV are much more likely to have saccule/inferior vestibular nerve involvement than patients with VN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Yun-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung-Whan
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Suh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004244:Dizziness / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014717:Vertigo / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D058585:Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D020338:Vestibular Neuronitis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*