Does Ménière's Disease in the Elderly Present Some Peculiar Features?

Table 2

Values of hearing loss in affected and unaffected ear (mean value of frequencies between 250 and 2000 hz), number of vertigo spells in the last 6 months, and years since the first attack in the group of 30 elderly subjects and in the subgroup of 32 patients with a lower of 6 years history of vertigo.

	Elderly MD subjects (𝑛=30)	Younger MD subjects (𝑛=32)	P value
Years since first vertigo	2.7±2.3	3.4±1.8	0.08
Hearing loss affected ear	64.7±8.1 db	48.2±10.9 db	0.001
Hearing loss unaffected ear	18.2±4.5 db	16.3±3.3 db	0.04
N° of crises in the last 6 months	6.5±3.7	10.4±5.5	0.002