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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

G. W. Van Deelen ,
J. Hulk  and
E. H. Huizing
G. W. Van Deelen
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Hospital, Utrecht and the National Aerospace-Medical Centre, Soesterberg, The Netherlands.
J. Hulk
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Hospital, Utrecht and the National Aerospace-Medical Centre, Soesterberg, The Netherlands.
E. H. Huizing*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Hospital, Utrecht and the National Aerospace-Medical Centre, Soesterberg, The Netherlands.
*
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Utrecht, P.O. Box 16250, 3500 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

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.

Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , March 1987 , pp. 229 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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