The use of the underpressure chamber in the treatment of patients with Menière's disease.

Autor: van Deelen GW, Hulk J, Huizing EH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of laryngology and otology [J Laryngol Otol] 1987 Mar; Vol. 101 (3), pp. 229-35.
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100101586
Abstrakt: Thirty-four Menière patients (43 ears) were treated in an underpressure chamber. Békésy audiometry and impedance audiometry were performed immediately before and after the exposure to underpressure. A hearing gain of more than 10 dB. was found in 19 per cent of the ears (8/43). In five ears this improvement lasted for a few days. Only one patient (2 per cent) reported a relief of tinnitus. In 9 out of the 30 patients (30 per cent) with recent vertiginous attacks a positive subjective effect on the vertigo was obtained.
Databáze: MEDLINE