ArticleJournal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale2017
Predictors of hearing recovery in patients with severe sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
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- Pentoxifylline uses in inner ear diseases.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Association of Vertigo With Hearing Outcomes in Patients With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2018Pooled it
- Development of machine learning-based predictive models for evaluating risk in the contralateral ear among patients with unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss.Chinese medical journal · 2026Article
- Latest clinical evidence and strategies for endoscopic intratympanic steroid injection in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.American journal of translational research · 2026Review
- Influence of the type of onset of hearing loss in the hearing impairment after long time progression in menière's disease.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 · 2026Article
- Analysis of the Reasons for Poor Prognosis in Severe to Profound Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Role of Cochlear Nerve Diameter as a Prognostic Indicator for Hearing Recovery in Older Adults with Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.The journal of international advanced otology · 2023Article
- Clinical Profiles and Prognoses of Adult Patients with Full-Frequency Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Combination Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The functional status of vestibular otolith and conductive pathway in patients with unilateral idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- The Incidence of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) in COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Care Referral Units.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Vestibular assessment in sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Role in the prediction of hearing outcome and in the early detection of vascular and hydropic pathomechanisms.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Diagnostic value and prognostic significance of MRI findings in sudden sensorineural hearing loss.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Article
- Injected 3T-3D-FLAIR-MRI labyrinthine patterns match with the severity and tonotopic alteration 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 · 2022Article
- Effects of alprostadil combined with hyperbaric oxygen on hearing recovery and hemorheology in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss and analysis of related influencing factors.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Article
- Systemic steroid administration combined with intratympanic steroid injection in the treatment of a unilateral sudden hearing loss prognosis prediction model: A retrospective observational study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Intratympanic Steroid for the Management of Sudden Hearing Loss: Introduction of a Tapering Method.Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2022Article
- Early hearing improvement predicts the prognosis of idiopathic 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 · 2021Article
- Management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss among primary care physicians in Canada: a survey study.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2021Article
- Could sudden sensorineural hearing loss be the sole manifestation of COVID-19? An investigation into SARS-COV-2 in the etiology of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2020Article
- Machine Learning Models for Predicting Hearing Prognosis in Unilateral Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is a disease, which severely affects the patient's social and relational life. The underlying pathomechanisms have not been finally clarified yet and outcome is not predictable.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective study in order to identify parameters that influence hearing recovery. The data base contains results of basic otoneurological tests and clinical parameters of 198 patients with idiopathic SSHL of at least 60 dB in at least four frequencies, diagnosed and treated at the University Hospital of Münster, Germany, between 1999 and 2015. Hearing recovery was measured by pure tone audiometry.
resultsMultivariate linear and logistic regression analyses indicate that the chance as well as the magnitude of hearing recovery is higher for patients with normal caloric testing than for patients with pathological caloric testing. However, for the subgroup of patients who attained a hearing recovery, the caloric testing result was not found to influence the magnitude. Instead, the magnitude was noticeably lower for patients within this subgroup who had a previous hearing loss. Furthermore, we found indications that the magnitude is higher for men than for women and that receiving a high-dose steroid therapy is associated with a higher chance and magnitude of a hearing recovery.
conclusionsWe conclude that SSHL associated with disorders of the vestibular system or previous hearing loss represent special sub-entities of SSHL that may be caused by unique pathophysiological mechanisms and are associated with worse outcome. Furthermore, our data support the importance of elevated dosage of steroids in SSHL therapy.
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