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Published on: February 21, 2018
Meniere's disease and the peak audiogram
Archives of Otolaryngology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
|September 1, 1982
Summary
Meniere's disease patients show a 42% prevalence of a specific high-frequency hearing loss pattern on pure tone audiograms. This pattern was significantly more common than in patients without Meniere's disease.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Otolaryngology
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Meniere's disease is a disorder of the inner ear.
- Audiometric patterns can aid in diagnosis.
- A high-frequency peak configuration on audiograms is of interest.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the prevalence of a high-frequency peak audiogram configuration in patients with Meniere's disease.
- To compare this prevalence with control groups.
- To investigate factors influencing the peak audiogram in Meniere's disease.
Main Methods:
- Pure tone audiograms were analyzed for 300 patients with Meniere's disease and 400 controls.
- Patients were categorized into Meniere's disease, non-Meniere's cochlear hearing loss, and normal hearing groups.
- Statistical comparison of audiogram configurations between groups was performed.
Main Results:
- A high-frequency peak audiogram configuration was found in 42% of Meniere's disease patients.
- Prevalence was significantly higher than in non-Meniere's cochlear hearing loss (6%) and normal hearing (7%) groups.
- Peak audiogram prevalence correlated with Meniere's disease duration and bilaterality, but not hearing loss severity.
Conclusions:
- The high-frequency peak audiogram configuration is significantly more prevalent in Meniere's disease.
- Audiometric peak configuration may serve as a diagnostic indicator.
- A proposed classification system aims to describe peak audiograms based on severity and hearing loss degree.
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