Objectives: To compare the results of tympanoplasty alone and tympanoplasty with cortical mastoidectomy in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) patients with sclerotic bone in terms of graft uptake, perforation closure, improvement in hearing and disease eradication. Study Design: Retrospective study of patients at tertiary referral hospital. Method: 50 cases of non-cholesteatomatous chronic...

Introduction: Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) is a newly revealed clinical manifestation in COVID-19 patients. This because corona virus thought to cause auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders, inflammation, hypoxia due erythrocyte deoxygenation, ischemia vascular occlusion, and immunological reactions that induce cellular stress pathways peripheral central organs. Case: A case of SSN...

INTRODUCTION This retrospective review evaluates the prognostic indicators in the management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) in otorhinolaryngology patients admitted to Brunei RIPAS Hospital. METHODS The review covered data collected from 1996 to 1998, and included patients who were treated with naftidrofuryl and dexamethasone. Their hearing improvement (more than 20 dB) in relat...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Inner ear symptoms like hearing loss, dizziness or tinnitus are often developed after head trauma, even in cases without inner ear destruction. This is also known as labyrinthine concussion. The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical manifestations, characteristics of audiometry and prognostic factors of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed t...

introduction: tympanoplasty is the standard and well established procedure for closure of tympanic membrane perforations .this paper compares the results of tympanoplasty in terms of hearing improvement and graft incorporation in patients with chronic perforation of the tympanic membrane between two groups with and without active drainage at the time of surgery.  materials and methods: sixty re...

Dear Sir, We believe the article by Clements et al. in the May issue of the JLO to be misleading, in suggesting that the improvement in sensorineural hearing loss in Wegener's granulomatosis treated with combined cytotoxicimmunosuppressive therapy is an unusual finding. In the discussion they state there has been only one similar report (Peiterson and Carlsen, 1965). However, we should like to ...

Dear Editor, Affection of hearing, typically bilateral, symmetric, slowly progressive, has been documented in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous research resulted in controversial data on the incidence and treatment of hearing loss (HL) in RA1,2. We hypothesized that the treatment of HL in RA using corticosteroids and methotrexate is possible and effective. Oral prednisone (60 mg...

loss of hearing is a known problem in patients with chronic renal failure, occurring in 40-xo% of cases and being most often of the high frequency sensorineural type. we performed a study on 50 patients with this disease, including 20 who had undergone a successful kidney transplantation. our results show an 80% incidence of hearing loss in these patients and a chance of improvement in at least...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is commonly defined as a loss of at least 30 dB in three contiguous frequencies occurring within 3 days. Systemic steroid administration has become the most widely accepted treatment option for SSNHL. Since viral infection and vascular compromise are considered specific causes of SSNHL, antiviral agents, anticoagulants, and ste...