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Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

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The authors assess the cause, history, diagnosis, and treatment of sudden hearing loss.
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This article is published in Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America.The article was published on 1996-06-01. It has received 319 citations till now.

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Corticosteroid pharmacokinetics in the inner ear fluids: an animal study followed by clinical application.

TL;DR: Injection of intratympanic corticosteroids for the treatment of hearing loss in inner ear disorders appears to be both safe and highly effective for certain disorders.
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Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a review of diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

TL;DR: The prognosis for hearing recovery for idiopathic SSNHL is dependent on a number of factors including the severity of hearing loss, age, presence of vertigo, and shape of the audiogram.
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Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

TL;DR: A healthy 58-year-old woman answers the telephone and realizes that her hearing is diminished on the left side and notices aural fullness and loud tinnitus in the affected ear.
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Steroids for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

TL;DR: The value of steroids in the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss remains unclear since the evidence obtained from randomised controlled trials is contradictory in outcome, in part because the studies are based upon too small a number of patients.
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Pathology of the Ear

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Sudden hearing loss: Eight years' experience and suggested prognostic table†

TL;DR: In an 8‐year prospective study of 225 SHL patients, overall, normal, or complete recovery occurred in 45% of patients and late otologic complications in 28%.
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Natural History of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

TL;DR: It is found that 65% recover completely to functional hearing levels spontaneously and independent of any type of medical treatment, and that because of the high spontaneous recovery rates, tympanotomies seeking perilymph fistulas should be delayed ten days unless there is a progressive hearing loss.

The efficacy of steroids in the treatment of idiopathic sudden hearing loss

Wr Wilson
TL;DR: The nature of the hearing loss and its susceptibility to improvement with steroid therapy lend support to the hypothesis that viral cochlitis is the primary cause of idiopathic sudden hearing loss.
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