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ArticlePeerJ2020

Association of carotid intima-media thickness with the risk of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Chun-Hsien Ho, Teng-Yeow Tan, Chung-Feng Hwang, Wei-Che Lin, Ching-Nung Wu, Chao-Hui Yang

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Cervical Vessels Color Doppler Ultrasound Findings in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Comparative Analytical Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Air Pollution Exposure and the Relative Risk of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Taipei.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
    Observational
  5. Sex Differences in the Triad of Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chun-Hsien Ho *Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Teng-Yeow Tan *Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chung-Feng HwangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Wei-Che LinDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ching-Nung WuDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chao-Hui YangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4055-1686
Chang Gung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular factors are associated with the pathophysiological features and risk of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). However, little is known about the link between carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), SSNHL risk, and their respective treatment outcomes. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed 47 SSNHL cases and 33 control subjects from a single medical center and compared their demographic data and clinical characteristics, including their carotid IMT and audiological data. Of the 80 enrolled subjects, the proportion of those with high carotid IMT was greater in the SSNHL group (53.2%) than in the control group (21.2%), with an odds ratio (OR) of 4.22 (95% confidence interval (CI) [1.53-11.61],

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AtherosclerosisCarotid intima-media thicknessSudden sensorineural hearing loss

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PMID32547881
PMCPMC7275684
OpenAlexW3033805493

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