ArticleBMJ case reports2015
Sudden onset unilateral sensorineural hearing loss after rabies vaccination.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Association between hepatitis A B vaccination and hearing loss across frequencies based on NHANES.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Incidence of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) in COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Care Referral Units.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Sudden sensorineural hearing loss after receiving an inactivated viral vaccine, Sinopharm: Two-case report.SAGE open medical case reports · 2023Article
- Signaling COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events.Drug safety · 2022Article
- Audiovestibular Disorders after COVID-19 Vaccine: Is There an Association?Audiology research · 2022Review
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-associated-tinnitus: A review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Review
- Rare Causes of Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Adults: Our Experience.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2020Article
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Abstract
A 33-year-old man developed profound sudden onset right-sided hearing loss with tinnitus and vertigo, within 24 h of pretravel rabies vaccination. There was no history of upper respiratory tract infection, systemic illness, ototoxic medication or trauma, and normal otoscopic examination. Pure tone audiograms (PTA) demonstrated right-sided sensorineural hearing loss (thresholds 90-100 dB) and normal left-sided hearing. MRI internal acoustic meatus, viral serology (hepatitis B, C, HIV and cytomegalovirus) and syphilis screen were normal. Positive Epstein-Barr virus IgG, viral capsid IgG and anticochlear antibodies (anti-HSP-70) were noted. Initial treatment involved a course of high-dose oral prednisolone and acyclovir. Repeat PTAs after 12 days of treatment showed a small improvement in hearing thresholds. Salvage intratympanic steroid injections were attempted but failed to improve hearing further. Sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is an uncommon but frightening experience for patients. This is the first report of SSNHL following rabies immunisation in an adult.
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