A comparison between the feeling of ear fullness and tinnitus in acute sensorineural hearing loss
Abstract
The feeling of ear fullness (FEF) occurs frequently in patients with acute sensorineural hearing loss; the same is true for tinnitus (TIN). However, the cause of FEF in these patients is unclear. This study included 171 ears of patients admitted with unilateral sudden deafness to the ENT division of Fukuoka University Hospital between January 2001 and December 2004. The results showed TIN was mainly associated with worse high-frequency hearing thresholds, where hearing loss was relatively severe, and this association became stronger after the hearing threshold stabilized. FEF was associated with the low-frequency region, where hearing loss was relatively mild, and this association disappeared after the hearing threshold stabilized. In conclusion, TIN is thought to originate in the region where hair cells are impaired; in contrast, FEF may originate from some functional factor rather than an organic lesion of the cochlea.
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Ear fullness in acute sensorineural hearing loss is not associated with auditory function on audiograms but is associated with the low-frequency region.
“Ear fullness in acute sensorineural hearing loss was not associated with auditory function on audiograms but was associated with the low-frequency region [21].”
From Prognostic Factors Associated with Recovery from Recurrent Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Retrospective Analysis and Systematic Review (2022) · cites this paper as [21]
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Jeon, S. Y., Kang, D. W., Kim, S. H., Byun, J. Y., & Yeo, S. G. (2022) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm11051453 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
- Authors
- Sakata, T., Esaki, Y., Yamano, T., Sueta, N., & Nakagawa, T.
- Affiliations
- Fukuoka University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Sakata, Toshifumi
- Venue
- International Journal of Audiology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 134-140
- ISSN
- 1499-2027 (ISSN-L)
- 1708-8186
- OpenAlex
- W2038954306
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Audiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Keywords
- tinnitus, acute sensorineural hearing loss, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, high-frequency hearing thresholds, low-frequency hearing thresholds, cochlear hair cells
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Audiometry, Pure-Tone, Auditory Threshold, Child, Hearing Loss, Sudden, Ear, Female, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sensation Disorders, Tinnitus
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