The aim of this study was to analyze clinical aspects, hearing evolution and efficacy of clinical treatment of patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). This was a prospective clinical study of 136 consecutive patients with SSNHL divided into three groups after diagnostic evaluation: patients with defined etiology (DE, N = 13, 10%), concurrent diseases (CD, N = 63, 46.04%) and id...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The role of antiendothelial cell antibodies in systemic vasculitis has been reported. The aim of the study was to define the clinical associations of serum antiendothelial cell antibodies in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. STUDY DESIGN A prospective study in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. METHODS Serum samples were taken from 59 conse...

OBJECTIVE To determine the status of cochlea, auditory pathway and hearing threshold by recording brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) and electrocochleography in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL). STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Clinical Physiology at King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabi...

Objective The objective of this research is to compare primary and salvage intratympanic (IT) steroid treatments in terms hearing outcomes patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural loss (ISSNHL). Methods were randomized into two (primary salvage) groups. Both groups received systemic treatment for 2 weeks. group also IT dexamethasone injection three times during the period, whereas only if ...