[Clinical and diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis in the first and second stages of the development of Ménière's disease - A modern view of the problem].

The results of a comprehensive examination of 82 patients with clinical signs of definite Ménière's disease, unilateral lesion and confirmed by extratympanic electrocochleography endolymphatic hydrops are presented. The results of the study showed that only 38% of patients had cochleovestibular syndrome due to Ménière's disease. In 45% of patients, Ménière's disease was combined with other diseases: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular migraine, persistent postural-perceptual dizziness, superior semicircular canal dehiscence. In 17% of patients cochleovestibular syndrome was due to other reasons: vestibular migraine, tumor of the posterior cranial fossa, superior canal dehiscence syndrome, Cogan's syndrome, enlarged vestibular aqueduct, otosclerosis. Complaints, medical history of the disease and life, brain MRI, temporal bone CT and pure tone audiometry in dynamics are important in suspected Ménière's disease. For 1 and 2 Ménière's disease stages the most important characteristic are: progressive unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and reduced slow faze velocity values of caloric nystagmus in dynamics, mainly in warm response if attacks of vertigo is maintain; normal head impulse test between vertigo attacks and pathological result of this test in attack of vertigo with the normalization of gain during the first day.