[misc.handicap] Meniere's Disease

wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry) (01/17/91)

Index Number: 13005

This information is from the National Organization for Rare
Diseases's database on Compuserve.  NORD is an organization that
specializes in information on rare diseases and will put you in contact 
with other people or parents of children with the same disease or
disorder.  Their address is:

       The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
       P.O. Box 8923
       New Fairfield, CT 06812 (USA)
       Phone:    (800) 999-NORD
       (In CT):  (203) 746-6518

NORD has information on some 500 rare disorders and also has
information on orphan drugs.

NORD can also be reached on Compuserve.

I got this information during the summer of 1990 and
NORD last updated it in 1989 so it may have been updated since
then (sorry, Compuserve charges add up quickly so I can't do
another search).  Contact NORD for more up to date information.

For information on experimental surgery for Meniere Disease  contact:  
Dr. Margareta Moller 
Presbyterian University Hospital, Room 9402 PUH 
230 Lothrup Street 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 
(412) 624-3376 

Ear Research Foundation 
Dept. P, 1921 Floyd St. 
Sarasota, FL  34239 

For more information on Meniere Disease, please contact: 

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) 
P.O. Box 8923 
New Fairfield, CT  06812 
(203) 746-6518 

NIH/National Institute of Deafness & Other Communication Disorders  (NIDCD) 
9000 Rockville Pike 
Bethesda, MD  20892 
(301) 496-5751 

The E.A.R. Foundation 
ATTN:  Meniere's Network 
2000 Church Street 
Nashville, TN 37236 
(615) 329-7807 (Voice & TDD) 

Vestibular Disorders Asociation 
1015 22nd Avenue, D-230 
Portland, OR 97210-3079 
(503) 229-7348 

American Tinnitus Association 
P.O. Box 5 
Portland, OR 97207 
(502) 248-9985 

Ear Research Foundation 
Dept. P, 1921 Floyd St. 
Sarasota, FL  34239