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75% vestibular weakness in right ear with cookie bite hearing loss. vertigo 3 times in last 2 years. docs don't think meniere's. now what?

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Vestibular neuritis: A 75% weakness in an ear indicates an injury to the balance mechanism sometimes associated with a viral infection, so-called, vestibular neuritis. Are you having vertigo? Cookie-bite hearing loss may be unrelated and is usually genetic or congenital. Meniere's disease is characterized by fluctuating sensori-neural hearing loss, episodic vertigo and roaring tinnitus. If asymptomatic, no rec.

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Answered 4/5/2016

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