Cochlear Implant Merits in Patients with Meniere's Disease

Meniere's disease is a chronic inner ear disease characterized by fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss, recurrent vertiginous attacks, tinnitus with aural fullness. Whether hearing loss is secondary to natural progressive course of disease or due to interventions, noticeable number of patients with Meniere's disease has unilateral non-serviceable hearing. So, cochlear implantation provides hope for those patients not only for hearing rehabilitation but also its positive effect on other non-auditory symptoms of Meniere's disease. Our article aims to review the beneficial effects of implanting patients with Meniere's disease regarding their hearing gain as measured by standard audiometric testing and discuss the effect of implantation on auditory and vestibular outcomes.