Sensorineural hearing loss in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.

Background: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome is a systemic condition characterized by ocular inflammatory disease as well as skin, ear, and meningeal manifestations. Patients with VKH often report tinnitus and hearing loss, but these symptoms tend to be given secondary consideration because most undergo treatment with steroids to prevent blindness resulting from granulomatous uveitis, exudative retinal detachment, and optic nerve inflammation.

Methods/study Design: In the current retrospective review, 24 patients with this syndrome were screened for auditory system abnormalities.

Audiologic manifestations of patients with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to characterize auditory function in patients diagnosed with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS).

Design: Eighteen patients with PTLDS were evaluated and compared to a normal population. Evaluations consisted of pure tone and speech thresholds, word recognition (WRS), acoustic immittance battery, auditory brain stem response (ABR), and loudness discomfort level (LDL).

Usher syndrome clinical types I and II: could ocular symptoms and signs differentiate between the two types?

Purpose: Usher syndrome types I and II are clinical syndromes with substantial genetic and clinical heterogeneity. We undertook the current study in order to identify ocular symptoms and signs that could differentiate between the two types.

Methods: Sixty-seven patients with Usher syndrome were evaluated.