ABR Test: Auditory Brainstem Response (a test)
> ACV - Acyclovir antiviral drug
>
AIED Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
> AVCD Autoimmune Vesibulo-Cochlear
Disorders - new AIED
> BPPV, BPV, BPPN Benign Paroxysmal Positional
>
Vertigo/Nystagmus
> Brain Fog Feeling of blankness and confusion, common w/MM;
>
caused by sensory overload
> Burnout: hearing loss is stable and permanent, tinnitus is constant
and
> vertigo
*attacks* cease, only to be replaced with dysequilibrium or
> unsteadiness.
> CI
Cochlear Implant (an aid to hearing)
> CS Cogan's Syndrome
> CDP
Computerized dynamic posturography, aka Platform Test
> DMZ Dexamethasone, a steroid
used in MM treatment
>
> Drop Attack An event where one completely loses one's balance and
>
feels pushed to the ground, without any warning. Proper name:
> Otolthic Crisis of Tumarkin. *Serious*
symptom - see your doc.
> Discrimination: In a standard audiogram, the test for
> discrimination
has to do with the person's ability to correctly
repeat
> words presented at a certain volume (loudness) above
threshold.
>
> ECoG Test: The ECoG (electrocochleography) is a test that measures
the path
> of a
> sound impulse as it moves through the ear and is interpreted by the
> brain. A "positive" ECoG (i.e., one with
elevated sp/ap ratio) is
highly
> suggestive of some sort of hydrops. However, the test is not
absolutely
> diagnostic!
> ESD - Endolymphatic Sac Decompression (shunt surgery)
> ENG Test: Electronystagmogram
(encompasses several tests)
> Gent Gentimicin, an antibiotic used to treat MM and deaden the
> vestibular nerve (a last step in
treatment)
> HA Hearing Aid: BTE (behind-the-ear), ITE (in-the-ear)
> Hyperacusis/Recruitment
- Sensation that some noises are too loud
>
(see
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~rmjg101/hyp1.htm)
> IT, TT (usually used in conjunction w/DMZ or gent) IT
(Intratympanic)
> means inside or
within the tympanic membrane or
> the tympanum. It means placement of something within the middle ear
> space.
This could be done be inserting something through the ear
drum
> via a needle, catheter or microwick, or it could
refer to surgically
> lifting the ear drum out of the way and then placing something into
the
> middle ear.
TT (Transtympanic) means across, through or beyond the
> tympanic membrane or the tympanum (tympanum
>
is another name for the middle ear space). It can refer to sending
> drugs through the membrane either via
a needle, catheter or
microwick,
> or sending drugs across the tympanum to the inner ear via a hole in
the
> ear drum or by surgically lifting the ear drum out of the way and
> placing a drug into the tympanum. (whew!)
> LSD Low salt diet; lo-so
> MM Meniere's (Morbus Meniere's;
primary/idiopathic
> endolymphatic
hydrops; no known cause; MDG shorthand
only)
> MAV Migraine Associated Vertigo - like it says
> MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
> MTX Methotrexate, a drug often used to treat
AIED
> PET Positron Emission Tomography
> PH or plh or hyper ag or that thing that Jim, Diane
and Alice
> Claire have: hyper-platelet
aggregability
> PLF Perilymph Fistula
> RA Rheumatoid Arthritis, an
autoimmune disease
> Remission is an absence of symptoms, although most people always
have at
> least one
symptom.
> RVT, SHA, SHAT Rotary chair tests
> SEH Secondary
Endolymphatic Hydrops (the cause is known)
> SERC Drug: Betahistine hydrochloride (not available generally
> in the USA, common MM treatment elsewhere)
> Shunt Device placed in the inner ear to relieve endolymphatic
>
fluid pressure (major surgery)
> T Tinnitus
> TMJ TemporoMandibular
Joint syndrome; a jaw joint problem
>
often causing pain in the ear area
> TRT Tinnitus ReTraining - technique that makes tinnitus less
> intrusive
> VAT
Vestibular Autorotation Test (i.e. headshake test with
>
recordings)
> VNS Vestibular Nerve Section ("the last frontier")
> V&V or VV
Vertigo and Vomiting
> VOR Vestibular-Ocular Reflex
> VRT
Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy: a form of physical
>
therapy
>
> Dosage Abbreviations: qid means four times a day - in
> a hospital the drug would
probably be given at
> 9AM, 1PM, 5PM and 9 PM. There's also tid, three times a day,
> bid, two times a
day, od, once a day, and prn, as needed.
> Dx Diagnosis
> GORK
God Only Really Knows - When a doc has no idea what's
>
wrong with you
> GK Preface (in the subject line) to a post that's *very*
>
technical <g> (strictly optional)
> Hx (Medical) History
> OT
Preface (in the subject line) to a post that's not really
>
about MM, etc.
> OTC Over-the-counter med (i.e., you don't need a prescription)
>
Rx Prescribed medication
> Sx Symptoms
> Tx
Treatment
>
> <g> or <G> Grin
> $#*! Swearing
> 24/7 24 hours a day, seven days a week
> f2f Face-to-face
> BMT
Before my time
> BTW By the way
> FWIW For What It's Worth
>
IANAD/L/AIDPOOT I am not a doctor/lawyer and I don't play one
>
on tv
> HTH Hope This Helps
> IMO In my opinion, or IMHO, In
My Humble Opinion
> IRL In real life
> LOL Lots of Laughter
or Laugh Out Loud
> MAO My Ass Off, used with the ROFL
> OTOH On the
other hand
> ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
> SFAIK So far as I know
>
TIA Thanks in advance
> TTYL Talk to you later
YMMV
Your Mileage May Vary (i.e., everyone is different)
WAG Wild-Assed Guess, a/k/a SWAG (Scientific...)
WGARA Who gives a rat's ass?
