The family physician’s role in recognizing and managing sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is crucial. A recently updated otolaryngologic clinical practice guideline has been released for this emergency syndrome, but dissemination limited to a specialty journal. As result, the guidelines may not be widely available primary care setting where patients often present. We provide focused rev...

Keywords: enlarged endolymphatic duct and sac syndrome; sudden hearing loss; retrocochlear pattern Abstract: Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct (EVA) is one inner ear malformation found in 35% of children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss.(1) Case reports of late diagnosis of enlarged vestibular aqueduct in young adulthood are extremely rare. The authors present a case of unilateral sensorin...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to determine the characteristics of patients who did not match the audiometric criteria of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) but complained of acute hearing loss. METHODS By thorough medical chart reviews, historical cohort study was performed with consecutive data of 589 patients complaining of acute unilateral sensorineural hearing loss...

The objectives of this study were to identify signs of vestibular nerve suffering through a bedside vestibular examination protocol in case of sudden sensorineural unilateral hearing loss without spontaneous signs of vestibular impairment and to propose a bed-side vestibular examination based protocol for the focused execution of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) only if a ve...

UNLABELLED Retrospective study aiming at evaluating the interference of associate diseases in the evolution and prognosis of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. MATERIALS AND METHODS Case-Control Study. Thirty-five patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss were divided in two groups, one of them with associate diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidem...

OBJECTIVE To describe ten years of experience with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and compare the outcomes with and without treatment with oral corticosteroids. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of medical records. SETTING Large specialty hospital, Department of Otolaryngology. PATIENTS Patients presenting with sudden onset (72 hours) unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, with no evid...

UNLABELLED The countless methods available to analyze hearing recovery in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) cases hinder the comparison of the various treatments found in the literature. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to compare the different criteria for hearing recovery in ISSHL found in the literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is an observational clinical cohort study fro...