Proposal for a New Diagnosis for Cochlear Migraine

Association of Tinnitus and Other Cochlear Disorders With a History of Migraines

“…15 Morganti et al 12 also reported that 61.5% of patients with VM had auditory symptoms, with tinnitus the most common. Recently, Lai and Liu 16 proposed a new concept of cochlear migraine (CM) for patients who did not meet the strict criteria for VM. Our study demonstrates that a history of migraines might increase the risk of cochlear disorders.…”

Evaluating Quality of Life in Patients With Meniere’s Disease Treated as Migraine

“…8,13 Recently, cochlear migraine has been described as an entity that causes the clinical picture of endolymphatic hydrops with fluctuating hearing loss and response to calcium channel blockers. 20 It has been found that migraine can cause endolymphatic hydrops as seen on high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the inner ear. 21 In addition, aural fullness, which is seen commonly in Meniere’s patients, has been found to be related to a migraine etiology and responds well to migraine prophylactic medications.…”

“…Questions 9,10,19,20,23,24,25, and 26 were used to evaluate mental health; Questions 5, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, and 38 evaluated physical health; and Questions 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 29, 30, 33, and 34 assessed social health. Category-specific QOL scores were determined for each category.…”

Audiological Findings in Patients with Vestibular Migraine and Migraine: History of Migraine May Be a Cause of Low-Tone Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

“…Murofushi et al [2018] proposed that these patients presented with simultaneous MD and VM signs/symptoms -a new clinical syndrome -"VM/MD overlapping syndrome (VM/ MD-OS)". Lai and Liu [2018] have reported a number of patients who experienced migraine-related symptoms and family histories presented with long-term, unilateral, fluctuating hearing loss with aural fullness and tinnitus, but without vertigo or only mild dizziness; therefore, not meeting the strict criteria for VM. They proposed a new concept of cochlear migraine.…”