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ReviewTrends in hearing2014

Viral causes of hearing loss: a review for hearing health professionals.

Brandon E Cohen, Anne Durstenfeld, Pamela C Roehm

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in hearing, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 177 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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177citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

177 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 439 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Are Current Data Sufficient to Infer that Hearing Aids Contribute to Postural Control and Balance in Older Adults? A Systematic Review.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) · 2024
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  2. Hearing loss and COVID-19: an umbrella review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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  12. Precision and prediction matter: investigating hearing recovery measurements and prognosis in sudden sensorineural hearing loss.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  15. Cochlear Implantation in Australia: A Retrospective Analysis of 23 Years of Activity.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 2025
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117 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brandon E CohenNew York University School of Medicine, NY, USA.
Anne DurstenfeldDepartment of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Pamela C RoehmDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA pamela.roehm@tuhs.temple.edu.
Temple University · USNew York University · US

Funding

Mechanism of Neurotrophin Latency Response in a HSV1 Vestibular Neuritis ModelK08DC009288 · NIDCD · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI ROEHM, PAMELA CAROL · 2009 to 2013
$1.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS K08 DC009288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A number of viral infections can cause hearing loss. Hearing loss induced by these viruses can be congenital or acquired, unilateral or bilateral. Certain viral infections can directly damage inner ear structures, others can induce inflammatory responses which then cause this damage, and still others can increase susceptibility or bacterial or fungal infection, leading to hearing loss. Typically, virus-induced hearing loss is sensorineural, although conductive and mixed hearing losses can be seen following infection with certain viruses. Occasionally, recovery of hearing after these infections can occur spontaneously. Most importantly, some of these viral infections can be prevented or treated. For many of these viruses, guidelines for their treatment or prevention have recently been revised. In this review, we outline many of the viruses that cause hearing loss, their epidemiology, course, prevention, and treatment.

Indexed as

HearingHearing LossHumansRecovery of FunctionRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeVirus Diseasescytomegalovirushearing lossherpes simplex type 1herpes simplex type 2HIVlymphocytic choriomeningitis virusmeaslesmumpsrubellarubeolasensorineural hearing losssudden sensorineural hearing lossvaricella zoster virusWest Nile virus

Identifiers

PMID25080364
PMCPMC4222184
OpenAlexW2171857290

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Registered trials

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