Transient low-tone air-bone gaps during convalescence immediately after canal plugging surgery for BPPV

We clearly demonstrated eight cases with intractable BPPV showing transient low-tone ABGs during convalescence immediately after canal plugging. During that period, patients also complained of motion-evoked dizziness. All these findings suggest that, during such a convalescence period, the plugged area might not be fixed yet and could still induce the dizziness and low-tone ABGs, as enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome and superior semicircular canal deficiency syndrome exhibit low-tone ABGs due to the third mobile inner ear window. More than one month after surgery, both the ABGs and dizziness could disappear according to fixation of the plugged area.