Sudden sensorineural hearing loss has been reported to occur following anesthesia and various non-otologic surgeries, mostly after procedures involving cardiopulmonary bypass. Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss resulting from microembolism is an infrequent complication of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery that has long been acknowledged. Moreover, there are few reports on the occurrence of bila...

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...

The definition of sudden hearing loss is widely accepted as a sensorineural hearing loss of 30 dB or more, over at least three contiguous audiometric frequencies, that develops over 3 days or less. It must either be a new loss occurring in an ear with previously normal hearing or an incremental deterioration in an ear with pre-existing hearing loss. Although conductive hearing loss may also be ...

This article provides an overview of four auditory disorders relevant generally to adults and especially to veterans. The disorders are noise-induced hearing loss, idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss, otosclerosis, and Méniàre's disease. Sensorineural hearing loss characterizes each, but additional aspects vary with each of the four conditions. This article describes the conditions, di...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of combined intratympanic and systemic steroid therapy compared with systemic steroid therapy alone in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) patients with poor prognostic factors.     Materials and Methods: Seventy-seven patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) who had at least one poor prognostic fa...