*HI, I HAVE NOT AS YET BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COGANS BUT I HAVE HAD MENIERER'S FOR17 YEARS NOW AND HAVE LOST MY HEARING IN MY LEFT EAR AND MOST IN MY RIGHT. I HAVE NOW HAD A BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID FITTED RECENTLY AND HOPE THAT THIS WORKS FOR ME. JUST BEFORE MY MENIERER'S WAS DIAGNOSED MY SIGHT STARTED TO GO AS WELL, I EXPERIENCED SEERING HOT PAIN IN MY EYE AND IT LASTED FOR WEEKS AT A TIME AND NOTHING SEEMED TO STOP THIS CONTINUAL PAIN. I HAVE FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS BEEN TELLING THE MEDICAL PROFESSION THAT I FELT THAT THE TWO THINGS WERE RELATED AND THEY DISMISSED IT WITHOUT ANOTHER THOUGHT; AND NOW I HAVE DONE SO MUCH RESEARCH ON COGANS I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE CAUSE OF MY SIGHT LOSS AND HAVE MENTIONED IT TO VARIOUS CONSULTANTS AND MY OWN GP AND THEY FEEL THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER WHICH MOST ADMIT THEY HADNT THOUGHT ABOUT THE TWO THINGS BEING RELATED. IT WILL BE GOOD FOR A DIAGNOSIS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DIANOSED WHAT SORT OF TESTS DO YOU HAVE TO SATISFY THE DOCTORS THAT IT IS COGANS. I HOPE THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WILL ANSWER THIS FOR ME.