Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The diagnosis of tinnitus is usually based on a patient's description of the symptoms they are experiencing. [3] Such a diagnosis is commonly supported by an audiogram , and an otolaryngological and neurological examination .
Visual snow likely represents a clinical continuum, with different degrees of severity. The presence of comorbidities such as migraine and tinnitus is associated with a more severe presentation of visual symptoms. [13] Non-visual symptoms may include difficulty concentrating, insomnia, frequent migraines, nausea, and vertigo. [16]
Thalamocortical dysrhythmia (TCD) is a theoretical framework in which neuroscientists try to explain the positive and negative symptoms induced by neuropsychiatric disorders like Parkinson's Disease, neurogenic pain, tinnitus, visual snow syndrome, schizophrenia, obsessive–compulsive disorder, depressive disorder and epilepsy.
Since the inner ear is not directly accessible to instruments, identification is by patient report of the symptoms and audiometric testing. Of those who present to their doctor with sensorineural hearing loss, 90% report having diminished hearing, 57% report having a plugged feeling in ear, and 49% report having ringing in ear ().
These symptoms are not symptoms of Ménière's disease per se, but rather are side effects resulting from failure of the organ of hearing and balance, and include nausea, vomiting, and sweating, which are typically symptoms of vertigo, and not of Ménière's. [1] This includes a sensation of being pushed sharply to the floor from behind. [5]
Tinnitus is a common vestibulopathy. Migraines have often been associated with vestibulopathies. Ménière's disease, which is strongly associated to vestibulopathy, is considered to be "a challenging and relentless disorder." [8]
Symptoms of severe sleep apnea can include loud snoring, feeling sleepy in the daytime, headaches, and intimacy dysfunction or decreased libido.
The symptoms of cochlear hydrops fluctuate, and the condition may stabilize or go away on its own after several years. However, because the organ of Corti undergoes stress during the hydrops episodes, long-term hearing loss, tinnitus, or hyperacusis is possible. It is considered by some that cochlear hydrops is an early form of Meniere's disease.