Patients with vestibular schwannomas (VSs) most commonly present with sensorineural hearing loss, which is often insidious or gradual. Up to 26% of patients may present with sudden hearing loss, however, which poses an important surgical challenge. Sudden hearing loss has been attributed to spasm or occlusion of the labyrinthine artery resulting from tumor compression, and it is usually treated...

Conclusion: Acute bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is a well described phenomenon in the setting of leukemia but can also be seen in myelodysplastic syndrome. Given the well-recognized association of MDS with autoimmune disease, an autoimmune cause of our patient's hearing loss must be considered. Unfortunately our patient did not response to corticosteroids; more research is needed to dete...

The majority of patients with acute sensorineural hearing loss have peripheral vestibulocochlear disorders such as sudden deafness or Meniere’s disease. However, ischemia of the vertebrobasilar artery can also cause vestibulocochlear symptoms such as sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo [1]. The vertebrobasilar artery supplies the inner ear, brainstem, and cerebellum. Ischemia of the vertebro...

Dear Sir, There is considerable evidence suggesting a relation ship between autoimmune diseases and hearing impairment. As a specific entity, autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss (ASHL) has been reported to occur in association with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We wanted to draw attention to this relationship by a case with RA presented sudden hearing loss. Our case w...

Introduction  Several authors have demonstrated the relationship between sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and systemic autoimmune diseases (SAD). Immune-mediated SNHL can rarely present as unilateral sudden SNHL and manifests itself in the contralateral ear only after years. It presents clinical relevance for being one of the few SNHL that may be reversible given that early and appropri...

Mumps is the most common cause of unilateral acquired sensorineural hearing loss in children. Although it usually affects the salivary glands. the inner ear may be involved. Deafness is usually unilateral, sudden in onset, profound and permanent. Bilateral total sensorineural hearing loss had been rarely reported in English literature. We present a case of total deafness due to asymptomatic mum...

Objective. To review our experience with intratympanic steroids (ITSs) for the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL), emphasizing the ideal time to perform follow-up audiograms. Methods. Retrospective case review of patients diagnosed with ISSNHL treated with intratympanic methylprednisolone. Injections were repeated weekly with a total of 3 injections. Improvement ...