Predominance of Left Ear in Meniére's Disease, Sudden Deafness, Inner Ear Damage, Tinnitus and Abnormally Patent Eustachian Tube

J, Heermann

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“…The presented data does not support a basic asymmetric distribution of vestibular neuritis, nor a greater sensitivity of the left ear as observed in other diseases such as sudden hearing loss, inner ear damage, as well as tinnitus and Menière's disease [9]. There is no clear side-dominance in vestibular neuritis.…”

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“…To our knowledge, there are no data concerning gender differences in the right-left-distribution in patients suffering from vestibular neuritis. The non-symmetrical distribution of the vestibular neuritis points to a slight general vulnerability of the right side, but not the left side [9]. The right-sided dominance of female patients may suggest a more vulnerable labyrinth or nerve on that side.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…In the literature, statistics show that sudden deafness, inner ear damage, tinnitus, and Menière's disease are dominant in the left ear (10-20%) [9]. There are only a few studies on the subject that discuss laterality of vestibular neuritis.…”

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“…Other neuro-otological diseases such as sudden hearing loss as well as tinnitus and Menière's disease occur more frequently in the left ear than in the right ear [9]. But these differences between the right and left side have not been recorded and reported in all studies [17] (Table 1, Fig.…”

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Vestibular neuritis: is there any evidence of an asymmetric distribution?

Reiß

2011

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Statistics in the literature showed that neuro-otological diseases (i.e. sudden hearing loss or tinnitus) occur predominantly in the left ear. In a seven-study meta-analysis of patients suffering from vestibular neuritis, Reiß found no clear dominance of one side (50.8% on the right side, 48.4% on the left side and 0.8% on both sides). The purpose of this study is to investigate the laterality of vestibular neuritis in a distinct population of patients. Lateralization of vestibular neuritis was studied in 160 patients treated at Elblandklinikum Radebeul from January 2004 to December 2009. There was a statistically non-significant dominance of the right side in the total sample, specifically in female patients (57% right vs. 40% left), but not in male patients. The study confirms the results of the meta-analysis: that there is no relevant side dominance in patients suffering from vestibular neuritis. In addition to the caloric test, the head impulse test was performed in 157 patients. In 92% of these patients, the disturbance of vestibular function could be confirmed with the head impulse test. This test is altogether a clinically useful instrument especially for follow-up, but also for diagnosis.

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Vestibular neuritis: is there any evidence of an asymmetric distribution?

Reiß

2011

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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“…However, among paired organs there is a large number of asymmetries, such as the skull, several foramina in the skull, planum temporale of the brain, clavicula, humerus, radius, testes or ovaries. Diseases of paired organs also show a distinct asymmetry of occurrence, for instance: club foot, radial aplasia, gynecomastia, varicocele, carpal tunnel syndrome, meningeoma, ovarian tumor, testicular tumor, trigeminal neuralgia, cleft lip, carcinoma of the breast, renal artery stenosis and carcinoma of the ethmoid sinus [8,21].…”

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Epistaxis: some aspects of laterality in 326 patients

Reiß

2011

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Lateralization of primary epistaxis was prospectively studied in 326 patients at Radebeul Elblandklinikum. The male-female-ratio was 1.3:1. A slight dominance of the right side (45% right vs. 39% left) was found in all patients. Further analyzed were the relationship to the localization of bleeding (anterior or posterior), the age and possible causes or risk factors. Nose bleeding from the posterior nasal portion appears to be statistically significantly higher than on both sides of anterior epistaxis. No statistically significant age dependence of laterality of epistaxis was observed in the age groups which we selected. However, nosebleed appears more frequently in women under the age of 50 years in both nostrils. With identified risk factors, idiopathic epistaxis occurs more frequently on the right side than does nosebleed. Mechanical trauma (intranasal sprays or nose picking) is a possible factor explaining the dominance of epistaxis on the right side, especially in idiopathic cases.

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Menière’s disease

Brandt¹

1999

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Predominance of Left Ear in Meniére's Disease, Sudden Deafness, Inner Ear Damage, Tinnitus and Abnormally Patent Eustachian Tube

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

Vestibular neuritis: is there any evidence of an asymmetric distribution?

Vestibular neuritis: is there any evidence of an asymmetric distribution?

Epistaxis: some aspects of laterality in 326 patients

Menière’s disease

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