Vestibular neuronitis; a follow-up study.

Forty-three patients suffering from vestibular neuronitis were examinated during the acute attack and on an average 3.2 years afterwards. In the follow-up examination there was no caloric reactions in 7 patients, lowered in 15 patients and normal symmetric reactions in 21 persons. In the first examination all had normal symmetric hearing, in the follow-up examination there was 5 to 10 db hearing loss in 4.6 and 8 kHz on the diseased side in 24 patients.