Allergy in Ménière's disease related fluctuating hearing loss preliminary findings in a double-blind crossover clinical study.

Several clinical reports suggest allergy as a causative or associated factor in the etiology of Ménière's Disease or endolymphatic hydrops. The A.A.O.O. subcommittee reported in 1972 its criteria for a therapeutic improvement in Ménière's Disease. This important report allows for clinical studies to proceed in a scientific manner using the subcommittee's criteria to evaluate the results. In an ongoing study utilizing a double-blind crossover technique, fourteen Ménière's patients have been evaluated for allergies utilizing the Rinkle and Lee techniques for inhalent and food allergies. Several cases directly relate symptoms to specific food ingestion and were given challenge food tests.