Intratympanic Steroids for Severe to Profound SSNHL

Intratympanic Steroids in Severe to Profound Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss as Salvage Treatment

OBJECTIVES Intratympanic steroids are being increasingly used in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) after the failure of systemic therapy. This study evaluated the efficacy of administering intratympanic dexamethasone (ITD) as a salvage treatment for severe to profound SSNHL. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of patients who presented with severe to profound SSNH...

Intratympanic steroids for Ménière's disease or syndrome.

BACKGROUND Ménière's disease is a disorder characterised by hearing loss, tinnitus and disabling vertigo. The use of intratympanic steroids to reduce the severity of these symptoms has been gaining popularity. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of intratympanic steroids on the frequency and severity of attacks of vertigo, on chronic symptoms such as tinnitus, imbalance and hearing loss, a...

Signal Processing for Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss

Wide dynamic range compression has become the mostly used signal processing strategy for mild to moderate hearing losses although there is still some discussion going on regarding the details of such compression systems. Furthermore, sophisticated signal processing strategies such as automatic program selection, adaptive digital directional microphones and sophisticated noise canceling schemes ...

Cochlear implants for children with severe-to-profound hearing loss.

Copyright © 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 4-month-old baby girl whose parents and 6-year-old brother have severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss is referred for consideration for cochlear implantation. Each of the baby’s parents had previously received a cochlear implant in adulthood, and her older brother had received a cochlear implant at 18 months of age. The family uses oral ...

Aural Habilitation in Severe to Profound Hearing Impaired Children Below 2 years