Why does Meniere’s cause low frequency hearing loss?

Because hearing loss, even total hearing loss, can usually be restored (to some degree) through a variety of hearing technologies and medical devices .

Eight ears in the later stages of Meniere’s, contrary to expected, also recorded fluctuation across all frequencies . Self-hearing testing Meniere’s ears over eight weeks revealed great hearing fluctuation with significant changes in audiogram configuration.

However, Meniere’s disease is unpredictable and the hearing loss may not affect low frequencies, but instead high frequencies . Some people will gradually develop more serious levels of hearing loss, which may be only in one ear or both ears. The hearing loss can range from mild to profound.

Hearing loss in Meniere’s disease may come and go, particularly early on. Eventually, most people have some permanent hearing loss . Ringing in the ear (tinnitus). Tinnitus is the perception of a ringing, buzzing, roaring, whistling or hissing sound in your ear.

Classic Meniere’s Disease is an inner ear disorder characterized by episodic vertigo attacks (often with nausea and vomiting), sensorineural hearing loss , tinnitus, and pressure or fullness in the involved ear (usually unilateral).

These damaged hair cells spontaneously fire and send disorganised signals up the auditory nerve to the brain. In Ménière’s the hair cells concerned with low frequency sound are the first damaged , and therefore the tinnitus in Ménière’s is usually a rumbling, low frequency noise.