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Sudden hearing loss: eight years’ experience and suggested prognostic table
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The etiology, incidence, acute and late prognosis, and treatment of sudden hearing loss (SHL) are described variously in the literature. In an 8-year prospective study of 225 SHL patients, initiated in July 1973, overall, normal, or complete recovery occurred in 45% of patients and late otologic complications in 28%. Important prognostic indicators were severity of initial hearing loss and vertigo, time to initial audiogram, and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate; other indicators were age greater than 60 and less than 15 years, midfrequency audiogram configuration, and hearing status of the opposite ear. A common inflammatory cause is suggested for all degrees of severity in SHL, and a prognostic table is provided to aid the practitioner in predicting recovery. There is still no evidence that treatment achieves a result better than expected with spontaneous recovery.
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- Authors
- Byl, F. M.
- Affiliations
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Corresponding author
- Byl, Frederick M.
- Venue
- The Laryngoscope
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1984-05
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 647-661
- ISSN
- 0023-852X (ISSN-L)
- 1531-4995
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- W2137588072
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- References
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- FWCI
- 2.63
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- journal article
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- en
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Keywords
- sudden hearing loss, prognosis, prognostic factors, hearing recovery, vertigo, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, otologic complications, inflammatory etiology, spontaneous recovery, audiogram configuration
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Blood Coagulation Disorders, Child, Cochlea, Cranial Nerves, Drug Therapy, Combination, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Tests, Heparin, Humans, Meniere Disease, Middle Aged, Papaverine, Prognosis, Serologic Tests, Vertigo
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