Abstract
A questionnaire had been set out to the patients with peripheral vestibulo-cochlear disorders who had been treated at least five years ago, on relation between the survival symptoms and their occupational reinstatements. The results were assayed in clinical and epidemiological view point.
The failure of “back-to-work” due to the vertiginous diseases was found in 15 patients (20.0%) —group B—, and found it in nine patients (11.4%) with another reasons —group C—. The remains (group A) succeeded to return to the same works.
The most influenced symptom to failure was “vertigo”, and tinnitus, anxiety, hearing disturbance in order, while the cochlear symptoms were significant higher in group A and C than in group B.
It was very interesting the fact that reinstatement would have been related with a “disturbed side” of inner ears, namely the left ear disturbed frequency was higher in group A with statistically significant than in group B, and the right ear frequently disturbed in opposite relations. Because this suggested to introduce a consideration of the behaviour science, the behaviour dynamics or the ergonomics into the medicine.
