Incidence of Progression into Ménière Disease from Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Midterm Follow-up Study
10.21790/rvs.2018.17.3.95
- Author:
Byeong Min LEE
1
;
Jin Hyun SEO
;
Hyun Woo PARK
;
Hyun Jin LEE
;
Dong Gu HUR
;
Seong Ki AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. skahn@gnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Sudden hearing loss;
Sensorineural hearing loss;
Ménière disease;
Incidence
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Follow-Up Studies;
Hearing Loss;
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural;
Hearing Loss, Sudden;
Humans;
Incidence;
Meniere Disease;
Tinnitus;
Vertigo
- From:Journal of the Korean Balance Society
2018;17(3):95-101
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Ménière disease is a clinical syndrome characterized by the four major symptoms of episodic vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, and aural fullness. Sensorineural hearing loss, especially low frequency, is the characteristic type of audiogram in Ménière's disease. However, it is difficult to distinguish idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) with vertigo from the first attack of Ménière disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of progression into Ménière Disease from low frequency ISSNHL. METHODS: Two hundred eighty-three patients were included in this study. We classified the patients with ISSNHL according to the hearing loss in audiogram and analyzed how many of them actually progressed to Ménière disease based on diagnosis criteria. RESULTS: Among the 240 patients, 37.1% (89 patients) were confirmed low frequency ISSNHL and 14.6% (13 patients) of them were diagnosed with Meniere disease. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that the progression from low frequency ISSNHL to Ménière disease was higher than other frequency ISSNHL, as in other studies.
