SSNHL is rare in infants and young children, but if you suspect your little one is having trouble hearing, seek immediate treatment. Hearing loss can have a significant impact speech, language, and cognitive development.4 Treatment When needed, the first line of treatment is usually corticost...
All patients, whether they recover hearing or not, must undergo retrocochlear workup, as up to 4% of patients with SSNHL will be found to have a vestibular schwannoma. The current 'gold standard' of treatment for SSNHL is systemic steroid therapy in the dosage equivalent to prednisone 1 ...
hearing loss in the first post-operative month.Two patients had past medical history of arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease or cerebral infarction.Two of three demonstrated obstructive hydrocephalus on MRI on the first post-operative day.Under treatment with prednisone orally,dexamethasone intra...
The comfort, cost, and convenience of oral prednisone are better than intratympanic treatment. Intratympanic treatment is a suitable alternative if there are medical contraindications to oral prednisone," the authors write. The researchers add that there are a number of hearing loss treatment ...
A sudden hearing loss (SHL) research clinic to which 30 members of an ENT Society refer patients, accumulates information about incidence, prognosis, recovery patterns, and treatment of SHL. The diagnostic protocol includes laboratory, audiometric, and radiologic studies; patients are followed for a...
This case demonstrates the partial and transient beneficial effect of standard treatment for sudden hearing loss not related to Fabry disease and analyzes the possible connection between typical Fabry disease inner-ear lesions and otosclerosis. Whereas hearing loss has been described in connection with ...
prednisone were used. For both groups, 10 days were one treatment course. The results showed that after two treatment courses, the hearing improvement of two groups was compared. The total efficiency of Chinese medicine combined with electric acupuncture group was 91. 4% . And the total efficien...
AECA-positive patients were treated with methylprednisone, while AECA-negative patients were treated with a combined regimen of steroids, plasma expander and aspirin. The average hearing recovery for 5 frequencies (0.25-4 kHz) was analyzed in each subject 1 month after treatment and every 3 months...
According to the uniform treatment protocol, patients were initially treated with high dose oral steroid (prednisone 1 mg/kg daily for 7 days followed by 4 days of tapering). Thereafter, salvage intratympanic dexamethasone (5 mg/mL) injections (4 times/2 weeks) were performed in those who...
2.4. Treatment The subject was given vasodilators (Ginaton and alprostadil) and mecobalamin injection. Oral steroids (prednisone 1 mg/kg/d) and low molecular weight dextran were also used. Hearing started to improve 3 days after treatment was started. After one week of treatment, 4FA remaine...