Abstracts presented at the Otology Section Meetings, Royal Society of Medicine, 6 May 2016, London, UK

s presented at the Otology Section Meetings, Royal Society of Medicine, 6 May 2016, London, UK Glucocorticoids improve dizziness symptoms following acute vestibular neuronitis D Kaski, A Batuecas, R Yanez, C Sanchez, P Perez, E Gonzalez From the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK, and University of Salamanca, Spain Introduction Vestibular neuronitis is characterised by acute vertigo, nausea and imbalance, and is a leading cause of acute vertigo in general practice and emergency departments. Surprisingly, there has not been an objective assessment of the effects of glucocorticoids on dizziness symptoms in vestibular neuronitis. The focus has instead been on canal paresis recovery, a surrogate marker of the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Despite asymmetrical vestibulo-ocular reflex time constants following an acute vestibulopathy, recent evidence has shown a dissociation between vestibulo-ocular reflex (i.e. vestibular function) and vestibulo-perceptual thresholds (i.e. symptoms). This project investigated the acute effect of glucocorticoids on dizziness symptoms in patients with acute vestibular neuronitis.