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Hearing changes
and tinnitus

which ear, what it sounded like, how long

For Meniere's and for many with vestibular migraine, the ear tells the story before the room does. VertigoMe keeps ear fullness, hearing change and tinnitus in the spin log, asks for tinnitus detail, and shows how often those went with your episodes, so the pattern is on paper for your ENT.

Ear fullness and hearing changeBoth are symptoms in the spin log, one tap each under Accompanying experience, and ear fullness can also be logged as an after-effect. They get the same statistics as every other symptom.
Tinnitus detailLog Tinnitus or Tinnitus louder as a symptom and a short sheet asks which ear (left, right or both), what it sounded like (ringing, buzzing, roaring, hissing, pulsating) and how long it lasted.
Warning signs before the spinEar fullness and hearing change are also prodromes, so if they come before the room turns you can log them as your own early signs and the risk model can learn from them.
How often it goes togetherThe Tinnitus card in Insights shows on what share of your spins you logged tinnitus, which ear, what it sounded like and the average duration.
Dizziness Handicap InventoryThe 25-question clinic score, taken in the app, banded mild, moderate or severe, reminded every one to three months, trended on your report.

Hearing questions, asked with every spin

Ear fullness, hearing change and tinnitus louder are symptoms in the spin log, under Accompanying experience, one tap each and all optional. Ear fullness after a spin can be logged as an after-effect, and ear fullness and hearing change are also in the prodrome list for when they come first. The hearing-change breakdown in Insights shows how often each went with your spins.

Tinnitus detail

When you log Tinnitus or Tinnitus louder as a symptom, a short sheet asks which ear, what it sounded like and how long it lasted, with ringing, buzzing, roaring, hissing and pulsating as the choices. The detail is stored on the spin. The Tinnitus card in Insights then shows on how many of your spins you logged it, the split by ear and character, and the average duration. It is a log attached to your episodes rather than a standalone daily check-in.

The Dizziness Handicap Inventory

The DHI is the 25-question score vestibular clinics use to measure how much dizziness limits your life. VertigoMe presents it under Profile, scores it (0 to 30 mild, 31 to 60 moderate, 61 to 100 severe, lower is better) with the physical, emotional and functional subscales, shows the change since your last one, and can remind you every one, two or three months. Your scores appear on the full report and the PDF so your clinician can read them alongside your log.

Questions

Can I upload my audiogram?

Not in the current app. Hearing changes are logged as symptoms with each spin; there is no audiogram upload or hearing-test tracking yet.

Is there a daily tinnitus check-in?

No. Tinnitus detail is captured when you log it as a symptom, usually with a spin. That keeps it attached to the episode, which is what the insights use.

Which clinical questionnaires are included?

The Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI). Other scales are not in the app at the moment.

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