A 46-year-old white male diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) was seen for audiological testing 15 minutes following a sudden onset hearing loss in the right ear. The test battery included pure-tone audiometry, word-recognition testing, speech-recognition threshold (SRT) testing, immittance testing, and distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (D...

Introduction: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss that developes after surgery which has been done under general anesthesia is quite rare and mostly occurs after otologic and coronary artery bypass surgery. Case-report: A 43 year old female patient who developed right sided hearing loss 6-7 h after a total thyroidectomy operation was diagnosed as sudden sensorineural hearing loss and treated succ...

introduction: sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ssnhl) has a prevalence of 10 in 100,000. viral infections, vascular obstruction and rupture of the intracochlear membranes are supposed to be its most common etiologies. about 40% of patients experience vertigo or imbalance. the vemp (vestibular evoked myogenic potentials) test is a known approach for detailed study of the labyrinth. the advanta...

introduction: sudden sensorineural hearing-loss (ssnhl) patients constitute approximately 2–3% of referrals to ear, nose and throat (ent) clinics. several predisposing factors have been proposed for this condition; one of which is vascular disorders and perfusion compromise. in this research the atherosclerotic changes and their known risk factors are studied in ssnhl patients.   materials and ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to investigate whether near-continual transtympanic steroid perfusion is more effective than intermittent intratympanic steroid injection as a salvage therapy for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. STUDY DESIGN Case control study. METHODS We designed a case-control study consisting of 60 patients with sudden sensorineural hearin...