Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth
Mèniére disease (Mèniére syndrome, endolymphatic  hydrops, labyrinthine hydrops, recurrent aural vertigo) is an affliction named after Prosper Meniere (1799-1862) a French physician and characterized by hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo. The disorder involves portions of the inner ear that are involved in both hearing and balance and results from a non-suppurative hydrops of the endolymphatic spaces of the membranous labyrinth. The cochlear cochlear duct and saccule are involved, but the utricle and semicircular ducts are usually spared.