A 79-yr-old male was evaluated by the authors 4-6 wk following a rapid decline in perceived hearing in the right ear. Initial treatment with self-administered external ear canal irrigations and topical antibiotic prescribed by the patient's primary care physician resulted in no apparent improvement. The initial hearing evaluation revealed a mild-to-severe sloping sensorineural loss above 1000 H...

Objective The objective of this research is to compare primary and salvage intratympanic (IT) steroid treatments in terms hearing outcomes patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural loss (ISSNHL). Methods were randomized into two (primary salvage) groups. Both groups received systemic treatment for 2 weeks. group also IT dexamethasone injection three times during the period, whereas only if ...