Impact of Migraine on the Tinnitus-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Patients with Tinnitus.

Objective: To investigate the impact of migraine on the tinnitus-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and psychiatric comorbidities in patients with tinnitus.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 227 consecutive patients with tinnitus as their primary complaint. Patients who were diagnosed as having comorbid migraine were asked whether their tinnitus exacerbated during attacks of migraine.

Clinical impact of hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with steroid treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A case-control study.

Objectives: The aim of present study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as a primary therapy combined with standard systemic corticosteroid treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) compared to treatment without the use of HBOT (non-HBOT) through clinical data and advanced analytical approaches.

Study Design: Case-control study.

Methods: Conducted across three Japanese medical centers involving 298 SSNHL patients diagnosed between 2020 and 2023.

Age-related differences in the characteristics of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness.

Objective: To investigate differences in the clinical characteristics of patients with persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) according to age.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 143 patients diagnosed with PPPD. Patients were classified into three groups by age: young group (19 to 44 years,  = 60), middle-age group (45 to 64 years,  = 56), old group (65 to 85 years,  = 27).

Presence of corrective saccades in patients with normal vestibulo-ocular reflex gain in video head impulse test.

Background: The video head impulse test (vHIT) is a valuable clinical tool that can help identify dysfunction of the semicircular canals. While in cases with semicircular canal dysfunction, both decreased vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain and corrective saccades (CS) are usually observed, there are cases which show CS despite normal VOR gain in vHIT.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients who showed CS with normal VOR gain in vHIT.

Assessment of semicircular canal function in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo using the video head impulse test and caloric test.

Objective: To assess semicircular canal function in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) using the video head impulse test (vHIT) and caloric test.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 39 patients with idiopathic BPPV who underwent both vHIT and the caloric test. Twenty-one patients had posterior BPPV (p-BPPV) and eighteen had horizontal BPPV (h-BPPV).