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    Glycerol Affects Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials and Pure-Tone Hearing in Patients with Meniere's Disease
    (2015) Oz, Isilay; Erbek, Seyra Hatice; Alp, Gulfem; Hizal, Evren; Ozluoglu, Levent Naci; 0000-0002-8453-6069; 0000-0002-7380-4566; 0000-0002-2150-0237; 0000-0002-9699-6783; 25428817; AAJ-2445-2021; AAJ-1452-2021; AAI-8020-2021; A-5853-2018
    Conclusion: The pure-tone audiometry results following glycerol administration indicated a positive effect on cochlear endolymphatic hydrops. Glycerol cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) tests are a useful means of diagnosing saccular hydrops. There was no correlation between cVEMP and audiological results. Objective: To document the changes in pure-tone hearing outcomes and cVEMPs in patients with Meniere's disease (MD) and 10 healthy volunteers before and after oral administration of glycerol. Methods: Twenty-nine study group subjects were chosen with complaints of vertigo. cVEMP testing and pure-tone hearing level testing were performed before and at 1, 2, and 3 h after administration of glycerol. Results: The means of the latencies, amplitudes, and difference ratio in 20 normal subject ears were determined. Based on these values, 9/29 MD-affected (MDA) ears (31%) had a unilaterally absent cVEMP. Compared with difference ratio values of the control groups there were significant differences in both latencies and amplitudes in MDA ears after glycerol administration. Before glycerol administration, there were significant differences between control and MDA ears on mean values of pure-tone hearing outcomes. Twenty patients in the MDA group showed significant pure-tone hearing outcomes after glycerol administration.
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    Effects of Glycerol Test on Resonance Frequency in Patients with Meniere's Disease
    (2019) Oz, Isilay; Hizal, Evren; Cam, Osman Halit; Ozluoglu, Levent Naci; 31715604
    Objective: To evaluate resonance frequency (RF) values via dehydration effects in the inner ear caused by the glycerol test, which is used as a diagnostic method for Meniere's disease (MD). Methods: Twenty adult patients with unilateral MD were included in the study. Before, and then at 1, 2, and 3 h after administration of glycerol (1 g/kg), pure-tone hearing levels (125-8,000 kHz) and multifrequency tympanometry tests were performed. As a control, the RF values of the ears of 25 healthy subjects (i.e., 50 ears) were compared to the affected and unaffected ears in the 20 MD patients. Results: There was a significant difference between the RF values of affected and healthy ears before glycerol administration (p = 0.047). The RF values before and after glycerol administration into affected ears were compared. The average RF values decreased significantly from 748.0 +/- 402.1 to 808.0 +/- 410.1 Hz at 1 h after glycerol intake, and this value increased during the subsequent hours. There were no statistically significant differences between the pure-tone levels before and 1 h after glycerol administration, but a significant decrease was observed at 3 h. Conclusion: We suggest that MD has different inner-ear dynamics and normal RF values when compared to healthy ears. Furthermore, decreased inner ear pressure causes reduction of the mass effect and a stiffening of the annular ligament. We conclude that pre- and post-RF tests should be added to the test battery for diagnosis of MD.