Meniere's disease in the elderly / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
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(24): 585-587, 2008.
Article
Dans Chinois
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To focus on the prevalence of rare Meniere's disease in the elderly(> or = 60 yrs) and to investigate its clinical characteristics.@*METHOD@#To observe the elderly with Meniere's disease from 2004-01-2007-7 and to investigate its clinical manifestation, electrocochleography (ECoG), vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP), caloric test and pure tone audiogram.@*RESULT@#There were 13 cases of Meniere's disease in the elderly. And the prevalence of Meniere's disease was 2.22% (13/586). The initial symptoms were as following 2 cases with cochlear and vestibular symptoms, 9 cases with mere cochlear symptoms, 1 cases with mere spinning vertigo and 1 case with mere drop attack. The audiogram in the elderly were varied low and high frequency hearing loss, flat, and high-frequency hearing loss. And the high frequency hearing loss had no relation with the duration of Meniere's disease. The results of vestibular function were varied. The percentage of positive result of ECoG was 63.6% (7/11, 2 cases not determined).@*CONCLUSION@#The prevalence of Meniere's disease in children was 2.22%. The initial symptoms was cochlear and vestibular symptoms, mere cochlear symptoms, mere spinning vertigo and mere drop attack, respectively. The audiogram showed prominent high frequency hearing loss. The percentage of positive result of ECoG was high. And the results of vestibular function tests were varied.
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WPRIM (Pacifique occidental)
Sujet Principal:
Audiométrie électroencéphalographique
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Audiométrie tonale
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Cochlée
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Maladie de Ménière
Limites du sujet:
Adulte très âgé
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
langue:
Chinois
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Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Année:
2008
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Article
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