Relationship Between the Results of the Head‐shaking Test and Short‐term Prognosis of Hearing Impairment in Patients with Unilateral Ménière's Disease: A retrospective analysis of 157 cases

Abstract

Fifty‐seven (36%) of 157 patients with unilateral Ménière's Disease (MD) without spontaneous nystagmus showed head‐shaking nystagmus (HSN) on the head‐shaking test (HST), even though 16 (10%) had not experienced vertigo.

If patients show contralateral‐HSN (c‐HSN), short‐term hearing recovery may be poor compared to patients with no HSN.

It is possible that "subclinical" vestibular dysfunction can be detected by the HST and may have some correlation with the prognosis of hearing loss in the short term.

The present study showed that HST may be useful in MD patients to predict the short‐term prognosis of hearing impairment.

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