Case Report: Recurrent vestibular episodes in a dog resembling Meniere's disease

Ménière's disease, characterized by episodic vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss, and tinnitus, is well-documented in humans but rarely reported in veterinary medicine. This case report describes a 15-year-old male mixed-breed dog with recurrent vestibular episodes lasting 30 min to several hours. Clinical signs included ataxia, head tilt, and nystagmus....

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No actionable change for human audiology practice; this veterinary case report may be of interest to researchers studying Ménière's disease animal models but has no direct clinical application for audiologists treating human patients.

A naturally occurring Ménière's-like condition in dogs could provide a valuable spontaneous animal model for studying inner-ear fluid disorders (endolymphatic hydrops) and testing new treatments, which has downstream relevance for human Ménière's disease research.

1. 01A dog presented with recurrent vestibular episodes, sensorineural hearing loss, and tinnitus resembling human Ménière's disease.
2. 02Published as a case report in Frontiers in Veterinary Science (PMID 42712380; DOI 10.3389/fvets.2026.1913317).
3. 03Case is a single animal (N=1), limiting generalisability.
4. 04Could stimulate interest in spontaneous veterinary models for Ménière's disease research.
5. 05No direct implications for current human audiology clinical practice.

PMID

42712380

DOI

10.3389/fvets.2026.1913317.

Journal

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Publication type

case_report

Evidence level

4

Sample size

1

Population

Single dog with recurrent vestibular episodes

Intervention

Clinical observation and diagnostic workup of recurrent vestibular episodes