OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To explore long-term hearing results, quality of life (QoL), quality of hearing (QoH), work-related stress, tinnitus, and balance problems after idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL). STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS We reviewed the audiograms of 680 patients with unilateral ISSNHL on average 8 years after the hearing impairment, and then div...

Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is defined as hearing loss of at least 30 dB in 3 sequential frequencies occurring within 72 hours . Its estimated incidence ranges from 5 to 20 cases per 100,000 population , lowest in individuals aged 2030 years (4.7 per 100,000), and highest in those aged 50-60 years (15.8 per 100,000) . Both sexes are equally affected and about 95% of the...

INTRODUCTION Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is an unusual presenting clinical feature of systemic lupus erythematosus. CASE REPORT We report the case of a young woman who was admitted to hospital for sudden sensorineural hearing loss and hemophagocytic syndrome which was attributed to systemic lupus erythematosus on the basis of specific renal involvement, thrombocytopenia, and consistent ...

In a series of 127 patients with idiopathic bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (IBSH) at the Hearing Clinic in the Department of Otolaryngology, Kitasato University Hospital, 20 cases showed rapid progression of hearing impairment. These patients had been treated with the same therapeutic regimen used in sudden deafness (S.D.). Improvement of hearing loss after treatment was generally less ef...

introduction: children learn to communicate by hearing sounds. if there is hearing loss, the cognitive and speaking abilities and language learning will deteriorate. early detection and intervention are important factors in the successful treatment of hearing loss in children. hearing loss (hl) is divided into two main groups: conductive hearing loss (chl) and sensorineural hearing loss (snhl),...

The treatment of choice for sudden sensorineural hearing loss is still lacking. Many drugs have been used over the years, with varying results and steroids have proven to be effective in clinical trials, albeit systemic administration is associated with untoward side-effects and cannot be used in all patients. The transtympanic approach presents two main advantages: first, it allows higher conc...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. MS involves different regions of the central nervous system in different periods, and causes demyelination. MS is a neuromotor disorder which progresses with remissions and relapses. Symptoms of MS may regress completely or heal after the relapses leaving sequelae. Sudden sensorinerural hearing loss ...

Sudden bilateral hearing loss are seen rarely and the toxic substance exposure constitutes a small part of etiology. A Fifty-eight-year-old woman admitted to our clinic with sudden bilateral hearing loss shortly after chlorpyrifos-ethyl exposure. Otolaryngologic examination findings were normal. The patient had 40 dB sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) on the right ear and 48 dB SNHL on the left ...

OBJECTIVE This paper aims to comprehensively document a rare case of sensorineural hearing loss accompanied by hemophagocytic syndrome which could be one of the causes of cochlear dysfunction. METHODS A 63-year-old man presented with right-sided sudden hearing loss and dizziness and pure-tone audiometry showed a right-sided sensorineural hearing loss. The patient was treated with steroid puls...