Symptoms include:

• Abnormal sensations of movement (vertigo)
  • Gets worse with sudden movement
  • Lasts for a few minuts to several hours
  • May come and go
• Dizziness
• Hearing loss in one or both ears
  • Low frequency noises lost first
  • Extent of hearing loss may change
• Noises or ringing in the ear (tinnitus)
• Sudden episodes of complete disorientation that causes the person to fall down
• Sweating (may be heavy)
• Uncontrollable eye movements
• Vomiting and nausea

The feeling of dizziness and being off balance generally come in attacks that last from minutes to hours. Other symptoms can last for longer.

A neurological examination may show problems with hearing, balance, or eye movement.

A procedure called caloric stimulation tests eye reflexes by warming and cooling the inner ear with water. Abnormal results on this test can be a sign of Meniere's disease.

Additional tests done to distinguish Meniere's disease from other causes of vertigo may include:

• Evoked potential studies
• Electronystagmography
• Head CT scan or head MRI scan
• Hearing tests (audiology/audiometry)