Zhengtao Sun, Yi Zhang, Bo Liu, Jinping Duan, Gang Liu, Xinyang Zhou
{"title":"The correlation of hearing prognosis and caloric test results in Meniere's disease: a follow up study.","authors":"Zhengtao Sun, Yi Zhang, Bo Liu, Jinping Duan, Gang Liu, Xinyang Zhou","doi":"10.1080/00016489.2024.2324136","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hearing loss is important in the diagnosis and treatment of Meniere's disease (MD). However, little is known about the factors associated with hearing changes in MD.</p><p><strong>Aims/objectives: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the correlation between hearing prognosis and caloric test (CT) results in MD.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Ninety consecutive patients diagnosed with unilateral definite MD underwent pure tone audiometry (PTA) and CT at initial visits, and were re-tested PTA at the 6-month follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-three of ninety MD patients (58.89%) had abnormal CT results. The change of PTA (cPTA = initial PTA-last PTA) was negatively correlated with canal paresis (CP) values (overall association <i>p</i> = 0.032 and non-linear association <i>p</i> = 0.413). Multivariate linear model showed that as the CP value changed from 0 to 1, the cPTA decreased by -13.31 dB (95% CI: -24.03, -2.6) (<i>p</i> = 0.016). Stratified analysis found that the association was present in MD patients of Stage 1 and 2 (<i>p</i> < 0.05) but not in patients of Stage 3 and 4 (<i>p</i> > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and significance: </strong>Elevated CP values may be linked to worse hearing outcomes in MD, especially in Stage 1 and 2 patients. Conducting a caloric test at the initial consultation may aid in assessing hearing regression in MD.</p>","PeriodicalId":6880,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oto-Laryngologica","volume":" ","pages":"100-106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Oto-Laryngologica","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016489.2024.2324136","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/3/4 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Background: Hearing loss is important in the diagnosis and treatment of Meniere's disease (MD). However, little is known about the factors associated with hearing changes in MD.
Aims/objectives: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between hearing prognosis and caloric test (CT) results in MD.
Material and methods: Ninety consecutive patients diagnosed with unilateral definite MD underwent pure tone audiometry (PTA) and CT at initial visits, and were re-tested PTA at the 6-month follow-up.
Results: Fifty-three of ninety MD patients (58.89%) had abnormal CT results. The change of PTA (cPTA = initial PTA-last PTA) was negatively correlated with canal paresis (CP) values (overall association p = 0.032 and non-linear association p = 0.413). Multivariate linear model showed that as the CP value changed from 0 to 1, the cPTA decreased by -13.31 dB (95% CI: -24.03, -2.6) (p = 0.016). Stratified analysis found that the association was present in MD patients of Stage 1 and 2 (p < 0.05) but not in patients of Stage 3 and 4 (p > 0.05).
Conclusions and significance: Elevated CP values may be linked to worse hearing outcomes in MD, especially in Stage 1 and 2 patients. Conducting a caloric test at the initial consultation may aid in assessing hearing regression in MD.
期刊介绍:
Acta Oto-Laryngologica is a truly international journal for translational otolaryngology and head- and neck surgery. The journal presents cutting-edge papers on clinical practice, clinical research and basic sciences. Acta also bridges the gap between clinical and basic research.