Table 3. The 1995 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Diagnostic Criteria for Meniere’s Disease.

Certain Meniere’s disease	Definite Meniere’s disease plus histopathologic confirmation
Definite Meniere’s disease	Two or more definitive spontaneous episodes of vertigo 20 minutes or longer
	Audiometrically documented hearing loss on at least one occasion
	Tinnitus or aural fullness in the treated ear
	Other causes excluded
Probable Meniere’s disease	One definitive episode of vertigo
	Audiometrically documented hearing loss on at least one occasion
	Tinnitus or aural fullness in the treated ear
	Other causes excluded
Possible Meniere’s disease	Episodic vertigo of the Meniere’s type without documented hearing loss or sensorineural hearing loss, fluctuating or fixed, with disequilibrium but without definitive episodes
	Other causes excluded