Moderate hearing loss of mixed type (sensorineural and conductive) was observed in the audiogram. Type-B appearance in both ears was seen in tympanometry. Methylprednisolone 56mg/day was started to be administered orally. No intratympanic steroids were given. Methylprednisolone was continued by ...
SSNHL can result in a total loss of hearing, an inability to hear low or high frequencies or difficulty understanding what people are saying. Up to 90% of people with sudden hearing loss in one ear or both ears suffer fromtinnitusor ringing in the ear.2 Because of the ear’s role in ...
Controls were defined as individuals with a pure-tone average of hearing thresholds at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 kHz less than 25-dB hearing level in both ears during the study period. Secondary outcomes included the severity of ISSNHL classified according to Centers for Disease Control and ...
Purpose Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is defined as hearing loss in one or both ears of 鈮 30 dB, developing within 3 days, affecting at least 3 contiguous frequencies. It is rare in children, but if untreated can cause significant morbidity. Hearing loss during critical periods...
the condition of lacking both hearing and speech. Also calledsurdomutism. —deafmute,n. manualism the teaching of communication through the use of hand signals to the deaf. —manualist,n. oralism 1.the principles of the oral method of training the deaf, as lip reading. ...
About 25-minutes in the second IV infusion of ceftezole sodium, the patient developed tinnitus and stabbing pain in both ears, hearing loss, and dizziness. After consultation with otolaryngologists, the patient was diagnosed as having sudden deafness, which was considered to be caused by drug....
We present an uncommon case of a pediatric patient with sudden-onset sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), a medical condition in which a person experiences a rapid loss of 30 or more decibels within a matter of hours or days. The patient is a nine-year-old female who, two years ...
Purpose Sudden sensorineural hearing loss, briefly sudden deafness (SD), in the elderly remains less investigated despite rapidly aging population in most countries around the world. This study investigated whether aging process affects the treatment outcome of SD in the elderly. ...
SHL is defined as a rapid-onset subjective sensation of hearing impairment in one or both ears. The hearing loss in SHL may be a conductive hearing loss (CHL),sensorineural hearing loss(SNHL), or mixed hearing loss, defined as both CHL and SNHL occurring in the same ear. CHL and the ...
Objective: To observe the otolithic function in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) patients in different age groups by using vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs). Methods: One hundred and seventy unilateral SSHL patients were divided into 5 age groups. The 170 affected ears belonged...