Archives for Sensology and Neurootology in Science and Practice
ABSTRACT Glomus tympanicum and Glomus jugulare: Both commonly present as a middle ear mass resulting in tinnitus (in 80%) and hearing loss (in 60%). About 85% of paragangliomas develop in the abdomen; only 12% develop in the chest and 3% in the head and neck region (the latter are the most likely to be symptomatic). [...]
Abstract: Ménière’s disease is a severe disorder of the inner ear. The disorder has several types: periodical type (40%), progressive type (27%), regressive type (20%) and a variable form (13%). The treatment of the acute attack is quite easy, it contains antiemetic, antihistamines and benzodiazepines. The interval therapy has no evidence based rules. The aims [...]
Abstract The complex vestibular rehabilitation contains medical treatment and rehabilitation training program. Mostly the balance training means statokinetic exercises, though the training of the vestibulo-ocular pathways are as important as of the vestibulospinal pathways. The examination of the optokinetic eye movements is the important part of the vestibular examination. Mostly the routine test battery of [...]
An statistical evaluation of 1480 tinnitus patients under study, (Bergmann-Bertora) quantitatively before and after treatment, allows us to state that 9% of cases did not show any improvement in symptoms or reasons on which consultation has been originated. In most cases, they are patients with personality disorders especially obsessive-compulsive type disorders (OCD) and other pathologies [...]
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Abstract NCC is recognized as a common cause of neurologic disease in developing countries, and it is also seen in developed countries, including the United States. NCC is a chronic disease associated with substantial morbidity and high social and economic costs. A minimal estimate of annual treatment costs in the United States (a country in [...]
ABSTRACT Objective: Efficacy and tolerability of the fixed combination cinnarizine 20mg/dimenhydrinate 40mg was compared to cinnarizine 50mg and dimenhydrinate 100mg in peripheral, central or mixed peripheral/central vertigo. Methods: 189 patients were randomized to receive 1 tablet of medication, 3 times daily, for 4 weeks. Vertigo (‘mean vertigo score’, MVS) and concomitant symptoms, balance (craniocorpography) and [...]
Introduction Dizziness is met in more then 20% of Global population. It appears to be the third reason of patient admittance to the doctor in USA . According to Cochrane reports 22.9% of German population met dizziness during last year, the life quality of such persons is crucially decreased . In the literature the dizziness [...]
ABSTRACT Background: Ménière’s disease (MD) is characterized by recurrent, sudden episodes of disabling vertigo. A previous randomized, controlled study demonstrated a high efficacy of a fixed combination of cinnarizine 20mg and dimenhydrinate 40mg (Arlevert®, tid.) in MD, with no statistically significant difference to betahistine (dimesylate salt, 12mg, tid). Objective: This post hoc analysis was performed [...]
Evaluations upon Objective and Quantitative Monocular Nystagmus Analysis by Polygraphic ENG from 1970 till 2010 Nagy Elemer, et all Electronystagmography is the superior test analyzing eye movements with open and with closed eyes. The nystagmus signals to be generated by the human central nervous system start after the age of the 27th after procreation. The [...]
