“…It is indicated in cases of Meniere's disease when useful hearing remains in the affected ear, and when medical management and hearing preserving surgical procedures, such as saccus decompression, have proved ineffective. It may also be indicated if, following attempted surgical destruction of a labyrinth, persisting symptoms suggest residual functioning end organ neuroepithelium, or vestibular stump neuroma (Ludman 1986). Follow-up data of patients who have undergone VNS (Barber and Ireland, 1952;Green, 1958;Kemink and Hoff, 1986) have generally concentrated upon assessment of symptomatic relief of vestibular symptoms and residual cochlear function.…”